The priest of the parish of Sant'Eustorgio in Arcore had some of the boys from the missionary group dress like asylum seekers arriving from the sea, complete with a thermal blanket and signs hanging around their necks.
Photo from the Vimercate newspaper
Enrico Perego, former mayor and currently leader of the League in the city council, he entrusted his indignant reaction to a long post on Facebook. There he is.
“Once again we witness one distortion of our religious tradition more significant like the Via Crucis, to make room for messages that cannot fail to have political references. In Arcore, in the Church of Sant Eustorgio, the Via Crucis saw a clear call to migrants, with a figurative representation of young people dressed as asylum seekers. The priest be a priest, heal souls and give help to everyone, regardless of color, from the religion of those who need it but should not exceed these areas, it should not convey the message that anyone can and should be welcomed , helped and inserted into our societies. If this principle passed , although humanly shareable, then everyone may think that it is enough to leave their land to solve their problems. And it is precisely here that the human question becomes political. We want to be invaded by all the poor people of Africa? The shepherd of souls does not think that managing these masses has a cost? And if all this has a cost, who should support it? What right does the priest have to ask the State to meet these commitments? What right does he have to ask all of us to bear these costs, he was elected by someone? The Catholic Church has continued to lose consensus for some time, believes that its universality, her availability towards the entire world of the oppressed can help her gain consensus and trust among the people. I believe that he is wrong because these acts, like that of the Pope washing the feet of Islamic prisoners, are seen as a sign of weakness from the non-Christian world , they are an act of submission. Perhaps people would like a less "universal" and more "patriotic" Church, closer to our traditions, closer to our people.”
Source: imolaoggi