On July 11, 2026, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem  received in Norcia the International Saint Benedict Award, sponsored by the European Parliament and the European Commission.

In his speech he remembered that in the Middle East we live through a transition period. "In this precariousness, you don't have to retire to private life, but - he stated - create the foundations for reconstruction" and to make people reborn in complete integrity.