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THE FAITHFUL GIRL ! A commendation GRATEFUL TO POLICE THAT HAVE SAVED THE ISLAND OF PATMOS

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If it hadn't been for the timely intervention of the Carabinieri from the Ortigia station in Syracuse, He would have lost the entire archive of 'Patmos Island, He reached in the first seven months of this year [from 1 January to 1 August 2016] four million visits.

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grateful praise of’Patmos Island Carabinieri of Ortigia

Had it not been for the timely intervention of the Carabinieri of Ortigia station in Syracuse, He would have lost the entire archive of 'Patmos Island, He reached in the first seven months of this year [from 1 January to 1 August 2016] four million visits.

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In this period of the Fathers'Patmos Island John Cavalcoli and Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo, and their co-worker, the philosopher and theologian Jorge A. Faccio Lince, They are scattered to the far corners of Italy. Father John resides in a Dominican convent of Varazze, at the Cinque Terre, in Liguria; the Father Ariel is at the moment with Jorge Ortygia Syracuse, the heart of the ancient Greek city, where before becoming a priest bought a house for his stays, in an environment to which he has always been fond of and where he is known and loved by the local population.

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the square where stands the house of the Father Ariel

When staying in Syracuse the Father Ariel is employed at the Opera Bethania, Just right, in the marine reserve of Plemmirio. in this work, along with religious sects, He lives an elderly priest of 88 year old, struck years ago by a stroke that took away his walking and the use of the word, therefore unable to celebrate Mass. Helped by the Father Ariel and the young Jorge, who assists him during the sacred celebrations, the elder presbyter is thus able to concelebrate Mass presided by a brother with all the necessary mental and physical faculties.

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the balcony before the intrusion of thieves

Yesterday, Saturday 6 August, Ariel Father traveled together with Jorge at the Opera Bethania for the celebration of Holy Mass pre-festive. during the return trip they were reached by telephone from a nearby British home naturalized many years in Syracuse, who warned them of an intrusion into their accommodation from the balcony of the house. Living area had been one of the pillars of 'Patmos Island: Roman cat Hypatia, philosopher cat, born and collection in Rome in June 2013 including the Catacombs of Priscilla and the School of the State Police.

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the balcony burglary

The thieves climbed onto the balcony the house around 20.30 and with a mallet split the anti-break-through glass and open the door. Roman cat Hypatia, I heard the first sound has become "untraceable" going up in the attic on the second floor where the Jorge Room, hiding under the covers of his bed, where he remained until "his two men" are back home.

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the two of Jorge workstations (left) and Father Ariel (right) no more than the two computers

No damage to housing and no act of vandalism, as often it happens in these cases. The thieves entered only in the room-studio overlooking the square where there is the ancient early Christian basilica of St. Peter [V° sec. D.C.], without even access in the adjoining room of the Father Ariel, or going into Jorge second floor room. The thieves were limited to take away the two computers, inside of which they were stored 10 years of work, including the entire archive of editorial 'Patmos Island.

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the Metropolitan Archbishop of Syracuse on a pastoral visit to the Carabinieri station in Ortigia [click on the image to open the video]

Within a few minutes I rushed to the Police Station of Ortigia, entrusted to the Holy M.llo command Parisi. The soldiers of Praise the Father Ariel said: "Don't be fooled by my apparent" calm ", because the damage that I have suffered is beyond measure. Inside my computer and my collaborator's are archived 10 years of work. And he added: "... But it gets worse: I have held various jobs for several of the Holy See institutions, two of which are still ongoing at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and some of the archival materials that are inside of my computer, as accessible only by password, They are covered by the pontifical secret ".

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General Umberto Pinotti visiting the station of Carabinieri Ortigia portraits inside the cloister of the former Dominican convent of the fourteenth century from which was derived in the nineteenth century the barracks

The popular legend narrates the conspiracy of silence of the Sicilian that as the three monkeys literary "they do not see, do not feel, they do not speak". But this legend related to a remote past, because all the neighbors have instead provided guidance proved useful to the Police to proceed without fail.

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He spent less than two hours from theft the soldiers are back from Ariel Father saying: "We have something to deliver ...». In record time the Police had recovered the stolen goods thus saving all archives accumulated over the years, including the entire archive of 'Patmos Island.

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view of the cloister of the former Dominican convent of Ortigia used today in police station

The two Fathers of Patmos Island, their collaborator Jorge A. Faccio Lince, the webmaster Manuela Luzzardi, and also Hypatia, Roman cat, invoke with great gratitude to the Police Station of Ortigia the best thanks of Virgo Fidelis, maternal protectress of Praise Weapon, by merit of which they have not been lost years of scientific and editorial work, in addition to various strictly confidential archive documents.

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Father Giovanni Cavalcoli, with a touch of humor witty Romagna, It did note that the Ortigia Police Station is located in the complex of a former old convent of the Dominican Friars built in the fourteenth century. You know ... when there is half the salvation, one way or another, They got to do more, directly or indirectly, the Dominicans !

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At the end of Mass Vespers of this XIX Sunday in Ordinary Time, Father Ariel recited before the assembly of the faithful, before the Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prayer to Virgo Fidelis to the Police, in gratitude for this foiled damage that the entire editorial staff of’Patmos Island welcomed as a genuine grace of God, thanks to the work of the Soldiers of Praise.

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Policeman's Prayer

Sweet and glorious Mother of God and our,
we Carabinieri of Italy,
to Thee we raise reverent thought,
trusting prayer and fervent heart!

You that our Legions invoke comforting and protector
with the title of “Virgo Fidelis”.
You welcome each of our good intention
, and make force and light for our homeland.

You accompany our vigilance,
You may want our say,
You animates our action,
It sustains our sacrifice,
You inflames our devotion!

And from one end of Italy
arouses in each of us
the enthusiasm to testify,
with fidelity to the death
love to God and the Italian brothers.

Amen!

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pictorial representation of Virgo Fidelis inspired by the Pieta by Michelangelo, who holds in her arms the body without life hero Salvo d'Acquisto wrapped in the Italian flag

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