(Adnkronos)
The bishop of Sanremo against the Festival for ” vulgarity and insulting “.” Following so many reports of just outrage and protests regarding the recurring occasions of disrespect, derision and blasphemous demonstrations against the Christian faith, of the Catholic Church and believers, exhibited in vulgar and offensive forms during the 71 edition of the Italian Song Festival in Sanremo, I feel the duty to publicly share a word of disapproval and regret for what happened “, writes Mgr. Antonio Suetta.
The bishop’s reaction is a real anathema at the Sanremo Festival: “My intervention, at this point a duty, is to comfort the faith” of the little ones “, to give a voice to all believers and non-believers offended by similar insults and vulgarity, to support the courage of those who with dignity do not queue to the rampant drift, to exhort the duty of just reparation for the offenses against Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints, repeatedly perpetrated through a public service and in the sacred time of Lent “.
The bishop also expressed his disappointment for the assignment of a special prize to Fiorello, star performer at the Festival: “As for the” City of Sanremo “award, attributed to a character, whose name bears a double precious reference to the Marian devotion of his land of ‘origin, I find that it does not represent much of citizenship linked to faith and I simply say’ not in my name ‘”, the words of the bishop.
“Fiorello did not offend anyone, he played and made fun of him. I am proud to have given the prize to a good, honest and generous person. These are the values of a Christian”, Amadeus’ words at the press conference.
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