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Hope for the Homeless from the Holy House

As it is every year, December 10 was the great feast day of the Loreto Shrine. Following ancient tradition, this date recalls the ‘angelic flight’ that translated Mary’s House to Loreto. It’s a story made of legend and tradition, of faith and devotion, that has made this Marian Shrine one of the most beloved places for Christians to visit, and not only Christians. Our Capuchin fraternity, which has depended directly upon the General Minister since 2015, wanted to make a grand contribution to the celebration once again this year. The liturgies aimed to express closeness and solidarity with those struck by the earthquake of August 24, many of whom lost their homes. Two hundred of these are still saying in the buildings of the Pontifical Delegation, and it was to them that the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, turned our thoughts as he celebrated Mass with fourteen bishops on the evening of December 9, with the procession of the original statue of Our Lady of Loreto following. On the next day, Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci, Prelate of Loreto, presided at the Mass, which was also animated by cadets of the Italian Air Force, for whom Our Lady of Loreto is heavenly patron.

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