Parish priest, no godfather and godmother for those who do not report violence

Those who do not report the acts of vandalism and violence by minors suffered by the inhabitants of Villa Pitignano, a fraction of Perugia, will not have the opportunity to be godfathers or godmothers for baptisms and confirmations.

This is the decision made by the parish priest Don Nicolò Gaggia.

The news is reported today by La Nazione.

According to the priest, those who do not denounce will not be able to act as godfather or godmother because he lives "manifestly in a way that differs from the Catholic faith".

"It will also be suspended - he announced - the possibility of accessing the parish Caritas, since it is not possible to ask for charity from a community and then turn against it".

The parish priest entrusted his message to a pastoral letter published at the entrance to the church.

With the nation he then spoke of "unfortunate facts before,

during and after the mass on Wednesday evening in the prefabricated building, events that are placed on the line of a social degradation that is taking place in our country. "The religious then denounced attempts at brawls, verbal assault and threats to children, break-in in kindergarten "of the nuns". "It is no longer possible to read these events as single and sporadic - he said -, but linked together and with others who, especially in recent months, preceded them". "It is the priest's duty to denounce such events. facts?

he-he asks in the letter-Yes, he must!

It is the primary task of the shepherd to defend his flock, not only from spiritual dangers, but also from temporal dangers, if they harm the rights of God and the dignity of man itself.

The enemy, however, who especially afflicts the shepherd's heart,

since it damages the dignity of man, it is another: silence!

Trusting not so much in faith, but in everyone's intelligence and honesty, I invite everyone, heart in hand, to take what is happening seriously and to live this moment responsibly, in a spirit of collaboration ".