Italy "Chinese Street" news: A few days ago, a bishop in Sicily, Italy, made a public apology after saying to the children that there was no "Santa Claus", which provoked public anger.
Recently, the Bishop of Sicily named Antonio Stagliano, when attending a religious event at an art festival, faced the crowd of children in the audience and ruthlessly pierced their imagination of the beautiful fairy tales of the Christmas season, saying that "Santa Claus does not exist, and Santa Claus wearing a red dress is just a gimmick used by The Coca-Cola Company to promote."
After the children whose convictions were shaken told to their parents about the bishop's remarks, it caused a wide controversy, and the parents accused the bishop of ignoring the children's feelings and interfering with the naïve imagination of the children with an adult world view, especially at a time when the prospects of the epidemic are unclear, Santa Claus may be the spiritual comfort of the children who have been interrupted in the past two years.
One parent commented in a comment: "(Bishop Antonio) you prove that when it comes to family, children and homeschooling, you don't understand anything. ”
After the incident was fermented, a spokesperson for the Diocese of Noto, where Bishop Antonio is located, issued a statement on Facebook, saying: "First of all, on behalf of the bishop, I would like to express my regret at the statement that disappointed the children, and at the same time, I would like to clarify that this is not the intention of Bishop Antonio. ”
After a sharp turn, he wrote that "Santa Claus should be a positive image passed on to, generously, and shared, but it has lost its original meaning, almost equal to consumerism, and has become synonymous with the desire to buy, buy, and buy, and you must re-give it a positive meaning."
According to the spokesman, the bishop was simply trying to instill in the children the meaning behind Santa Claus's prototype, "St. Nicholas." According to Catholic doctrine, Santa Claus should be based on St. Nicholas, a kind-hearted bishop who lived in Asia Minor in the 4th century and was usually helping the poor and needy.
"Hopefully, all of us can be inspired by the true image of Santa Claus, which is to spend less and share more of what we have." ——zior