Rome, 23 August (LaPresse) – "You have gathered for your sixteenth annual meeting, which has a thought-provoking theme: “The new world order: the politics of great powers, the rule of multinational corporations and the future of human prosperity”. In these words, I perceive both concern and desire. We are concerned about the direction our world is taking, and yet we desire authentic human prosperity, a world in which every person can live in peace, freedom and fulfilment according to God's plan.‘ These were the words of Pope Leo XIV this morning in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, where he received in audience the participants in the International Catholic Legislators Network. ’To find our balance in the current circumstances. especially you as Catholic legislators and political leaders, we can look to the past, to the eminent figure of St. Augustine of Hippo. An important voice of the Church in late Roman times, he witnessed immense upheaval and social disintegration. In response, he wrote The City of God, a work that offers a vision of hope and meaning that still speaks to us today," added the Pontiff.