The Information of San Marino, the editorial by Marino Cecchetti: “The charm of the Meeting”
The Information of San Marino, the editorial by Marino Cecchetti: “The charm of the Meeting”
MARINO CECCHETTI – Also this year I was able to immerse myself in the atmosphere of the Meeting despite having exceeded – to put it in French – by four times the average age of those guys who carry it forward with the new leaders, Vittadini and Scholz. Kids who work on a voluntary basis. Mostly university students. The organization of the organization, the preparation of stands and exhibitions, the reception of the public.
I go there every year. Since the manifestation has existed. In fact, I started earlier. I was already attending Fr Giussani’s Student Youth initiatives. A priest who later became our bishop, Msgr. Blacks. Those were times – the 1970s – in which to express one’s opinions and not be Marxists was downright dangerous. The cutest epithet that could come to you was ‘matusa’.
Later there were moments, let’s say, embarrassing. Like when – 2002, ‘old Fair’ – I found myself surrounded by people shouting “Silvio, Silvio give us the light”, at a sign from the stage by Formigoni flanked by Tremonti, the new minister of the economy. And, once again – 2008, ‘new Fair’ – here is Berlusconi on stage showing the ‘B side’ with a jump, to show how successful the implantation of the new hairpiece was.
This year the meeting opened with card. Soaked. Come Pope Francis. The young people I mentioned at the beginning are – I really hope so! – the promoters of that turnaround which is so badly needed to get out of the rampant irreligiousness into which our society fell after the collapse of Marxism, dissolved in that ‘pure materialism’ advocated by Augusto del Noce in the 1970s- Eighty .
Article taken from L’Informazione di San Marino published in full after 8 pm