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– “The Sicilian Church does not approve of the idea of a new messiah sent to Earth to save humanity from a second universal flood, especially if the messiah is to be borne by a man.”
– The film “Santocielo” by Salvo Ficarra and Valentino Picone, directed by Francesco Amato, has been deemed “blasphemous” and “highly disrespectful” by an authoritative part of the island’s clergy.
– Don Mario Sorce, parish priest of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agrigento, has deemed the film offensive to the faith and traditions of the Church, declaring that he will not go see it.
– The Archbishop of Agrigento, Alessandro Damiano, has not yet seen the film but learned of Don Sorce’s criticisms only through the press.
– Archbishop Gualtiero Isacchi of Monreale has also commented on the film as “highly disrespectful” and emphasized the need to treat certain themes with respect.
– Many other prelates and faithful have already rejected the film “Santocielo” without even seeing it.
– Salvo Ficarra and Valentino Picone have stated that the modernity of those who are truly enlightened by religion surpasses what some want to impose or flaunt.
– The two Palermo comedians previously brought the story of “Zio Pino” to the stage, a character capable of smiling even at his own murderer, to commemorate the sacrifice of Father Pino Puglisi.
– Despite the criticisms, some archbishops such as Luigi Renna of Catania and Carmelo Torcivia of Palermo do not believe that Ficarra and Picone ever intended to go against the Church and consider their comedy as a means to raise reflections.
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