The Encyclical "Caritas in Veritate" where we spent the previous thread, reminds us that just this month, 7 to 10 October last, was held to Le Castella the V Conference of Churches Calabresi "in the climate of the usual confidentiality for insiders. An event like a lot for the people of Calabria less distracted, an event almost completely unknown to Oppidesi, advertised only by some anonymous poster placed at the edge of the churches. Nothing more. It would not even talk about the case this time even if the " Convening " did not take into account the relationship between the Church and the Calabrian Ndrangheta in reality and if they had not raised voices worth repeat.
"The Church is a victim or perpetrator of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria?" was asked Enzo Romeo, editor of the TG2 and coordinator of the work (We all remember him at least as an author of wonderful documentaries, including one Certosa di Serra San Bruno, which was created a wonderful book, complete with DVD).
One of the most poignant responses was that of Sister Carolina Iavarone, one of the sisters who shared the dramatic the story of Father Pino Puglisi Brancaccio in Palermo and worked with him personally and actively in the difficult work of moral and social emancipation of the neighborhood, the first which saw Don Pino dead, killed in the square on his birthday and that alone , had the courage to watch the night the coffin into the church together with the younger children of the Brancaccio, when it all away in the grip of an insane fear of killing the priests and even prevents their bodies are awake, but in the end perhaps trembles before the holiness of the martyrdom of a simple man, a great priest.
Sister Carolina and 
'other sister, after the death of Don Pino, have had to leave Palermo and, not ca know, were granted a few years ago in Locride Bregantini by Msgr. There are still operating in defiance, in a small community, organized crime and malfeasance in a plague "hot" and difficult of Calabria.
the provocative question Enzo Romeo - we said - "The Church is a victim or perpetrator of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria?" , Sister Carolina bluntly replied: "A Church perhaps too much sitting in the sacristy." "My hope is to follow the teachings of Don Tonino Bello calling for a Church that knows how to announce, denounce and renounce". "The Church needs martyrs" , continued still consecrated. Martyrs 'inside' the Church.
'other sister, after the death of Don Pino, have had to leave Palermo and, not ca know, were granted a few years ago in Locride Bregantini by Msgr. There are still operating in defiance, in a small community, organized crime and malfeasance in a plague "hot" and difficult of Calabria. the provocative question Enzo Romeo - we said - "The Church is a victim or perpetrator of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria?" , Sister Carolina bluntly replied: "A Church perhaps too much sitting in the sacristy." "My hope is to follow the teachings of Don Tonino Bello calling for a Church that knows how to announce, denounce and renounce". "The Church needs martyrs" , continued still consecrated. Martyrs 'inside' the Church.
But there are also secular martyrs said Monsignor Salvatore Nunnari, Archbishop of Cosenza.
Among all, Pino Masciari, the author of the second response, important for us, a witness to justice, who has lived under guard since he denounced the gangs who asked lace. A choice that changed his life. " I chose to be a statesman," shouted in the conference room of Le Castella. A history of pain and love for his land. For his family. He reviewed his mother after twelve years. On his deathbed he said: "I am proud to have a son like you."
At the end of his speech all the participants, the chronicles
, rose to their feet to applaud him. A martyr of our time. " But just the applause of the "experts" to spread the culture of martyrdom and the law? Just their emotion of a moment?
Romeo said. "Calabria is a land that brought together West and East. Hellenism and Christianity. He has much to offer. But it is also true that it is a land where some of its distinctive values, such as hospitality, family, and discretion, have become negative values. Borrowed from the 'Ndrangheta and transformed into a language that can speak only of the Mafia. A beautiful Calabria. Religious. And with a strong sense of state. But it must recover herself. That's the only hope ".
not forget that we also "lay" We have our responsibilities and our 'call', but we note that the findings of this meeting the Church Calabria should satisfy this desire for redemption is now widespread and, as noted by Sister Carolina, to be able to get out of the sacristy, the closed areas of the organizations within the Church and customs aggregative ends in themselves, know and want to proclaim Christ to all and not just circles increasingly narrow and exclusive, have the courage to openly denounce the crime and even brothels disguised as fake legality, to be able to give up his attire and his rhetoric to really meet everyone and be all and for all.
At the end of his speech all the participants, the chronicles
, rose to their feet to applaud him. A martyr of our time. " But just the applause of the "experts" to spread the culture of martyrdom and the law? Just their emotion of a moment? Romeo said. "Calabria is a land that brought together West and East. Hellenism and Christianity. He has much to offer. But it is also true that it is a land where some of its distinctive values, such as hospitality, family, and discretion, have become negative values. Borrowed from the 'Ndrangheta and transformed into a language that can speak only of the Mafia. A beautiful Calabria. Religious. And with a strong sense of state. But it must recover herself. That's the only hope ".
not forget that we also "lay" We have our responsibilities and our 'call', but we note that the findings of this meeting the Church Calabria should satisfy this desire for redemption is now widespread and, as noted by Sister Carolina, to be able to get out of the sacristy, the closed areas of the organizations within the Church and customs aggregative ends in themselves, know and want to proclaim Christ to all and not just circles increasingly narrow and exclusive, have the courage to openly denounce the crime and even brothels disguised as fake legality, to be able to give up his attire and his rhetoric to really meet everyone and be all and for all.
