AUTHOR'S NOTE

Dear Readers,

Many comments have come to this article, unfortunately largely written by people who did not understand, others perhaps deliberately misunderstood.
There are those who write accusing me of being a supporter of abortion, who accuses me of supporting the legitimacy of divorce and so on. In the context of the accusations, the lightest and most tolerant are those of “modernist” ed “heretic”.

Anyone who can read what I wrote has understood very well that for me, as a Catholic, priest and theologian divorce does not exist at all, with regard to religious marriage and the Sacrament of Matrimony. Despite having explained everything well with examples and clear speeches, not a few have totally overlooked the clear distinction I make between a sacrament of divine institution, indissoluble and impossible to undo, and a civil marriage contract signed before a public official of the state by non-Catholics, by non-believers or by secularists, which civil law cannot prevent, tomorrow, to cancel their contract, applying the criteria of indissolubility of religious marriage to civil marriage.

I acknowledge that Covid-19 is making some people more unreasonable, aggressive and above all more quarrelsome than they were previously on social media increasingly used as venting of the worst human instincts. But this does not allow him to comment with a total lack of scientific competence on strictly specialized topics that require deep knowledge in the historical context, philosophical, juridical and theological.

I also find it grotesque that some have even accused me of supporting the abortion law (!?) while with clear words that cannot be denied I explain in my text that there are no individual freedoms on the basis of which the suppression of an innocent human being can in any way be legitimized "never and in any case".

Messages have arrived from philosophers and jurists, together with those of various readers who express words of great appreciation and with detailed skills, along with excesses of esteem towards my person.

The Fathers de The Island of Patmos have always worked with great seriousness respecting people's opinions, even wrong opinions, even those at times irreverent and offensive towards us, that we have not hesitated several times to publish.

Unfortunately, in the face of not a few comments received which constitute a true insult to reason, to the doctrine and culture of knowledge in general, it is impossible to proceed with publication, because it would be dishonest if we only published the praise, trashing criticisms without logic and knowledge, because everyone must be given a voice, including those who use it inappropriately. As the criticisms came, as well as offensive they are irrational and far-fetched, we are therefore forced not to publish any comments, neither those who criticize nor those who praise.

We apologize to the readers who have written pertinent and interesting scientific comments, as well as flattering. I sincerely thank them for their words and count on their understanding after this explanation given.