Saint Francis: a Lot of Fuss About Italy's New Holiday

Die Presse

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On October 4th, on Francis Day, Italians will be free in the future. But President Sergio Mattarella is not satisfied with the text of the law. He is sloppy, he reprimands. And has forgotten a woman.

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Pope Pius XII called him the most holy of the Italians and the most Italian of the saints. Francis was not born a saint, but he became him through the struggles of his time and transforming defeat on the occasion of redemption. With the decision of the Senate that from 2026 re-introduces on 4 October, St. Francis' day, as a national feast, his figure returns to the center of the debate. Father Buonamano, the new Guardian of the Basilica of Santa…