The following is the telegram sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to His Eminence Cardinal Roberto Repole, metropolitan archbishop of Turin, on the occasion of the inauguration of the 38^th edition of the Turin International Book Fair (14 to 18 May 2026):

Telegram

TO HIS MOST REVEREND EMINENCE
CARDINAL ROBERTO REPOLE
METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP OF TURIN
TURIN

POPE LEO XIV HAS ENTRUSTED YOUR EMINENCE WITH CONVEYING HIS WARM GREETINGS TO THOSE ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION OF THE 38TH EDITION OF THE TURIN INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR, WHOSE TITLE IS AS SIGNIFICANT AND TIMELY AS EVER: “THE WORLD SAVED BY CHILDREN”. AT A TIME THAT SEEMS STIFLED BY THE HORROR OF WAR AND THE CHILL OF INDIFFERENCE, CHILDREN, WITH THEIR INNATE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE WORLD THROUGH FRESH EYES, KINDLE A LIGHT OF HOPE IN SOCIETY. WE NEED LITERATURE THAT HELPS US RECOGNIZE THE DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND THAT BECOMES AN EVER-GREATER SCHOOL OF BROTHERHOOD AND PEACE. IN THE HOPE THAT THIS EVENT WILL SPARK A RENEWED AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE IN BUILDING DIALOGUE AND HARMONY, THE SUPREME PONTIFF INVOKES ABUNDANT HEAVENLY BLESSINGS UPON ALL THOSE WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE EVENT AND GLADLY IMPARTS HIS APOSTOLIC BLESSING.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE OF HIS HOLINESS

From the Vatican, 14 May 2026