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A few years ago we presented, a Verona, with the author Ferruccio Pinotti, the book opposite. It was at the Minerva bookshop, which is no longer there. But the topic was very sensitive. Former Ciellini spoke and there was a great participation. Today, the themes of the essay are repeated, more current than ever…
THE OPINION
Of Roberto Pecchioli
At the end of August it is time for the annual meeting of Communion and Liberation. They call him meeting, and we already don't like this, convinced that one of the reasons for national decline is the cultural colonization to which it has been subjected. The writer is still a believer for two reasons: the undeserved grace of faith, free gift from the Almighty and distance from any religious movement and association. Raised in the cult of Don Bosco, whose Salesians gave their father an education and a trade, the writer of these notes met CL around the age of twenty, at the university, without ever having even heard the name of Don Giussani. Right-wing militant with all the difficulties and dramas of the time, sympathy for those girls was natural (they were mostly women) who challenged the hegemony - and violence - of the red legions. We then read Don Gius's books and what we liked above all was the fact that he considered the incarnation as an "event", God bursting into history, changes its course, gives man back his eternal destiny. Jesus, in Giussani's message, he was true God while remaining man, with limits, the sufferings, even the anger of mortals.
A lot of road has passed under the bridge, now we can no longer sympathize with the Ciellini. The founder is great, their editorial creation is splendid, On Saturday, who gave voice for years to those who had no voice, in the deafening chorus. Over time, It seems to us that two very bad things have happened; we talk about it in whispers, we don't know reality enough, above all, the inside of the creature of the priest of Desio is unknown to us. On the one hand, bureaucratization, the power, the persistence of the aggregates, the structure that strengthens, it becomes armor and becomes an end in itself. A common phenomenon, but very serious where the inspiration is to act for the glory of God. The Company of Works, companies, le cooperative, the full-scale entry into healthcare and a thousand other businesses, that is, in profit, some heavy slips by top men like Formigoni. Read More