Bishop na Noto ga yara: "Santa Claus ba ya wanzu"

"Babbo natale babu kuma da Coca Cola - amma ba wai kawai - yana amfani da hotonsa don a ba da shi a matsayin mai ɗaukar kyawawan dabi'u".

Antonio Stagliano, Bishop na Diocese na Noto, Mawallafin waƙa don jin daɗi, yana mamakin kowa a cikin Basilica ta SS. Salvatore in Noto, a ƙarshen taron halarta, bikin 'Ephemeral Arts', wanda ya jawo hankalin ɗalibai na kowane zamani zuwa garin Baroque.

Babban abin da ya fi daukar hankali a taron shi ne sake fasalin isowar San Nicola akan doki. "A'a, Babu Santa Claus. Tabbas, zan kara da cewa jan rigar da take sanye da ita Coca Cola ce ta zaba don dalilai na talla."

Ga mamakin waɗanda suka saurare shi - matasa da tsofaffi - Monsignor Staglianò ya mayar da hankali kan wani jigo mai ƙauna ga yara: bukukuwan Kirsimeti masu zuwa.

Wadancan kalaman sun baiwa kananan yara mamaki amma manya sun haifar da cece-kuce musamman a shafukan sada zumunta. "Na ce Santa Claus ba mutum mai tarihi ba ne kamar St. Nicholas wanda daga wurinsa aka ɗauki almara hali - ya kara da cewa Monsignor Stagliano" - Na ƙarfafa ƙarami ya sami ƙarin ra'ayi game da Santa Claus domin ya fi dacewa ya rayu da jira. kuma sama da duk musayar kyaututtuka. Idan Santa Claus shine St. Nicholas, yara ya kamata su buɗe don jin daɗin taimakon juna, ga haɗin kai na kyauta ga yara mafi talauci. Tare da dukkan girmamawa ga masana'antun Coca Cola wanda ya ƙirƙira Santa Claus, aikin bishop shine sanar da sadaka ta bishara, kuma ta waɗannan alamomin al'adun gargajiya. Hanya ce ta yin poptheology da dawo da ainihin ma'anar al'adar Kirista ta Kirsimeti. Ga sauran Yara sun san cewa Santa Claus baba ne ko kawu. Don haka babu karya mafarki”.