TRADITION IN VERONA TO COMMEMORATE LEPANTO
Of Lucia Rezzonico
“When I read that my city councilor friends Andrea Bacciga e Alberto Zelger, with whom I recently presented my first book, they were the promoters, together with Mayor Federico Sboarina of a motion that wants to declare Verona as the “Father of Life”, making a concrete commitment, with public funds towards those who discourage abortion and help save children, my heart fills with joy.
E’ a hymn to Life, which presents our city at next year's World Meeting with a wonderful business card: the Europe we would like, founded on the family, which is only one, and is made up of a mother and a father” – he reacts like this Matthew Castagna, Head of the Catholic Club “Christ the King-Tradition”, after the vote of the pro-life motion by an overwhelming majority of the Verona City Council (21 yes and only 6 no. Curious note: PD group leader Carla Padovani voted yes).
“We thank you – continues Matteo Castagna on behalf of Catholic traditionalists – our ancestors, who in these days were preparing to save the Families from which we descend, during the glorious battle of Lepanto 7 October of 1571, won, despite the numerical inferiority, through the intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, against the Islamic invader.
He was great at the time Pope Saint Pius V called the Holy League and the Holy Crusade to save Europe and our civilization, otherwise today we would all be in Piazza Santa Anastasia with our butts in the air, forced to praise Allah and in place of the Rengo there would be a minaret.
That's why we are happy, as traditionalist Catholics, to accept the invitation to participate in tonight's conference at the Hotel Due Torri in Piazza S. Anastasia organized by’ On. Vito Comencini (League) with the historian Prof. Roberto De Mattei and the friend Abbondio Dal Bon, who will talk about the relevance of that experience through similarities with our days, of this dark age. Incredibly, whoever should be the successor of Saint Pius V says he welcomes the old enemy, while it is the League (maybe not Santa, but always League…) which slows down the invasion with disruptive but peaceful methods”.
In the end, Castagna concludes: “Like every year, for many years, we usually thank Our Lady with a prayer initiative. Sunday 7 October at 18.00 we will recite the Holy Rosary in Latin and attend the traditional Holy Mass, said of S. Pius V, the very Holy Pope of Lepanto who codified it, which will be celebrated by an integralist Catholic priest of the Mater Boni Consilii Institute in a privately owned church”.
On Sunday evening there will also be a public initiative by the’Fortezza Europa Political Association, that we share and support.
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