No to the eulogy of the grandchildren at their grandfather's funeral to avoid "Americanate".
This is how a woman, Teodolinda Puddu, daughter of the deceased, heard the answer from the two parish priests of the church of Ulassai.
“I'm Linda, Rebecca's aunt. Respectively daughter and granddaughter of grandfather Antonio, who died on August 29 at the age of 95 – he tells L'Unione Sarda -. My brothers and I ask the two Catholic officiants, parish priests of my town, Don Roberto and Alfredo, his collaborator, a very young Colombian priest, to give Rebecca, 10 years old, and my son, 29, the opportunity to read during the funeral function what they felt and wanted to express towards their grandfather ».
The answer of the two, in the first instance, is « sibylline. Negative. Reason given: better to avoid American teas. We invite you to think again. No reply. The church closes its doors .'
That same church, he continues, "which, way back in 1981, had made an effort to present itself as a place of encounter and openness. From its bell tower, then, blue ribbons stretched out, rejoining others, which branched off from the small and narrow streets of the town, uniting in a single choral act, full of tension. The rocky outcrop, overlooking the church bell tower and the whole town, would then have received that sum of blue threads, becoming its seal and testimony of value and community».
« I had believed it then by participating in that artistic event, Maria Lai had believed it, a creative and intelligent woman who was the creator of all that uproar. Will a package of 20 million euros Pnrr allow my country to grow and strengthen in reshuffled urban spaces, ready to open up to the world of creativity, social and responsibility? On the strength of that cultural, artistic and human experience, I take courage», concluded Puddu, who posted «my protest and my perplexities» on the wooden door of the same church.
(Unioneonline/D)
