“And Let There Be Peace! Words to the Church and the World” will hit bookshelves in English, Italian, and Spanish on August 27.
A press release recalled the Pope’s use of the binomial “unarmed and disarming,” noting that it was first written by French monk Charles-Marie Christian de Chergé, O.C.S.O.
The Abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas in Tibhirine was martyred in 1996 alongside his six brother monks at the Cistercian Abbey in Algeria.
As the press release noted, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Pope on May 8, the liturgical memorial of the Martyrs of Algeria.
Summarizing the book’s contents, the communique said Pope Leo has transmitted several of his priorities, which include “the primacy of God, the communion of the Church, and the search for peace.”
“His already numerous appeals for reconciliation are directed not only to politics but to the heart of every person,” read the communique, citing the Pope: “Peace begins with each one of us: in the way we look at others, listen to others and speak about others.”