The country is peace in the feud church
In 300 to be freed from the curse after the massacre in Duisburg
SAN LUCA (Reggio Calabria) - Miracle at St. Luke. The men kneel and repent before God, "What you did fine. Where is your manhood? You have come to church as many shoots! '. So, in a mix of irony and provocation, were welcomed on Wednesday evening by Bishop Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, bishop of Locri, the 300 men who, for the first time in the history of the country have stepped Corrado Alvaro in the temple of God
NEVER A MAN IN CHURCH before - Never before has a representative of the stronger sex had passed the churchyard of Santa Maria della Pietà . Not even at weddings, funerals or other religious events. "An atavistic mentality, daughter of popular beliefs that it was difficult to overcome until now," says Don Pino Strangio, pastor of St. Luke. Old village tradition and men want women separated during religious celebrations and public. Girls are forbidden to play with their peers. At the funeral the women shake hands with women, men to men. And during the wedding the bride's men wait outside the church and to congratulate you only men. Hence the reason for the provocation of the bishop of Locri. The bishop challenged the hostile and unforgiving environment of San Luca, exhausted by too many deaths which have led men of honor and not to turn to God for divine forgiveness. The massacre in Duisburg has hurt the community of San Luca. In the village at the foot of the Aspromonte was rooted belief that they are victims of a sort of curse that was necessary to throw them out the blessing of Jesus was actually the same protagonists of stories of the 'Ndrangheta, but also ordinary people, young people, elderly, to make a bishop to ask for his intervention to ensure that St. Luke re-establish an atmosphere of serenity lost and forgotten.
IL ROLE OF THE CHURCH - "The Church in San Luca also has a role and a charm that is unparalleled and that is why you can not betray the expectations of the people," said Bishop Morosini. "I will come to bless you, but in return I ask you an act of courage. I want all people in the church, and only men to pray. " Gamble paid off. With all the men in silence to listen with bowed head the bishop's words. "Forgive your enemies, be sober and not up for yourselves treasures illegal date value to the family and not take advantage of your roles," warned Monsignor Morosini. In the end the applause has established a historical link between the two worlds so far apart. At St. Luke the other night there were only men the streets. And when the "march of 300 'has moved from the church to reach the square, passing through the village streets, no woman has dared to look out on the balconies. But the day will remain in memory. As the picture of Bishop Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, who by a balustrade, attached to what was once the home of Corrado Alvaro, was able to bless, though still divided, men and women of San Luca.
Carlo Macri (Corriere della Sera)
March 21, 2009
