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The Councilor of the Municipality of Bergamo, Giacomo angeloni, answers the question presented by the councilors of the Northern League Bianchi, Pecce, Facoetti, Rovetta me Stucco “On the emergence of Covid-19 and the intentions regarding the renewal of the promises to entrust the city of Bergamo to the patron saint Sant’Alessandro martyr and an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
In the question, he recalled how “on April 9 an appeal was launched ‘to the mayors of Italy to entrust to God, through Our Lady and the saints, the fight against the coronavirus,’ supported by administrators and parliamentarians from all over the world. country, including some of Bergamo and the Bergamo area. Hundreds of mayors have already participated actively in more demanding and significant Acts of Custody or Acts of Consecration, according to local traditions, to the Virgin or to the patron saints – adds the Carroccio – often in harmony with the Bishop or the local parish priest. , including mayors of important cities, such as Venice, Pavia, Siena, Verona, Parma, Pisa, Vicenza2, but also of various communities, such as, in the Bergamo area, that of Sedrina ”.
Angeloni’s response
“The municipal administration of Bergamo has not wanted, nor does it intend, to occupy the place of the diocesan Ordinary in the pastoral and consecration functions to which the interviewees refer. Throughout the period characterized by the serious pandemic emergency of Covid-19, the Administration maintained a loyal and close collaboration with the Diocese and Bishop Francisco, participating in moments of prayer and condolences organized by the ecclesiastical authority of the city. Among all of them, I would like to mention the reception of the ashes of the people of Bergamo and the prayer with the bishop in the monumental cemetery.
Of great importance was also the presence of the Mayor in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, on Sunday, May 3, an occasion -the month of May being the Marian month for Catholics- in which they were
Entrust Our Lady with the prayers of the Catholics of the city and, above all, of all those who have lived the tragic experiences of illness and death in the pandemic. As proof of this, during the performance, Bishop Beschi declared that “the Basilica (of Santa Maria Maggiore) represents the collaboration between the city and the Church and the journey carried out together also at this time.”
One more proof of the collaboration between the Diocese and the City Council is the celebration of Sant’Alessandro, I would like to mention it because it takes place these days: the numerous initiatives launched to celebrate the patron saint of the city show each year how profitable and significant What is it. the relationship between the Administration and the Bergamo Curia.
I also take this opportunity to express, on my behalf and on behalf of Mayor Gori, a true and not obvious sense of gratitude to all the expressions of the Church of Bergamo, especially to His Excellency Bishop Beschi: in the most difficult days, thank you also For In the media, Bergamo Catholics have never been alone, also thanks to the many pastoral events organized.
Finally, we believe that respect for roles is the basis of a free and fruitful collaboration with all the various religious realities. Our city, in recent years, has known how to maintain fruitful relations with all religious confessions, recognizing and protecting the fundamental right to freedom of worship for all citizens ”.
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