2023-06-03 08:04:04
Cardinal Gambetti celebrates a penitential rite for what happened on Thursday night, when a man of Polish nationality stripped naked and climbed the Altar of Confession, displaying on his back the words in English “Save the children of Ukraine” (“Salven to the children of Ukraine”). Blocked by the gendarmes and other members of the security personnel, he was handed over to the Italian police, who issued him an order to leave Italian territory.
Vatican News
The Archpriest of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, will celebrate on the morning of this Saturday, June 3, at 12 noon, at the Altar of Confession, with the canons of the Chapter of Saint Peter and the faithful present. , a penitential rite after the events of the night of Thursday, June 1. As the Basilica was about to close, a man of Polish nationality, in a disturbed emotional state, approached the altar, quickly undressed and jumped on the marble surface.
On her back she had written “Save the children of Ukraine” with a felt-tip pen. He did not yell or resist the first members of the security personnel who rushed to get him down and dress him, together with the gendarmes who took him to the offices to identify him. Immediately afterwards, in accordance with the rules of the Italy-Holy See Treaty, the man was handed over by the Vatican authorities to the Italian police, who issued him a road sheet, that is, an order to leave Italian territory.
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