ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “In the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vittorio Bachelet, the Republic pays tribute to his memory and the legacy of his civic commitment and his cultural contribution. Vittorio Bachelet, a jurist of high value, has been able to combine the dedication to knowledge and research with active social participation and with experiences of great commitment first in the Italian Catholic University Federation and later in Catholic Action”. So the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. “Quello di Vittorio Bachelet was a method based on confrontation and reconciliation, not easy to implement in the years in which he worked, marked by conflict and violence. He played the roles held in institutions and associations in line with the ideals of democracy and pluralism that accompanied him in his life,” the head of the state underlines.
“In the Bachelet dialogue he has always seen a valuable source of collective enrichment, as well as an essential tool for the protection of the common good. Vice-President of the Higher Council of the Magistrature, he strongly acted on the democratic order to overcome the threat brought by terrorism to the civil coexistence of the country, without prejudice to extraordinary measures, leveraging on the constitutional principles governing the judicial function. President of Catholic Action, Bachelet worked to bring out the importance of the contribution of lay people to the activities of the Church, in accordance with the guidelines of the Second Vatican Council. He was assassinated on February 12, 1980 at the University of Rome La Sapienza, at the end of a lesson, in the precious activity of professor with whom he had formed generations of students who had the privilege of being custodians of his teachings, in the belief that culture was an effective means to defeat every form of overwhelm and protect it. The Republic is grateful to Vittorio Bachelet for his work and his example,” concludes Mattarella.
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