Verona – Even Tg1 had covered him, Don Matteo Selmo. Social media, needless to say, had already gone crazy. That Veronese priest stationed in Lonato – in the Brescia area – who played the Sanremo hits from the pulpit during the homilies had made a bang. Listening to “Brividi”, the winning song of the 2022 edition of Festivalone, to motivate the explanation of a Sunday passage from the Gospel had made more than one parishioner shiver. But he had explained that the Lord can be found everywhere – and God forbid – and that the combination could have brought young people closer to the Word of God. And that there was a connection anyway.
The bishop had supported him and also i older parishioners and traditionalists, in the end they had made a reason. And they had finally gotten used to that juke box in the pulpit. Moreover – as the online site of the Arena writes, in giving the news of the stop to the priesthood, to “reflect” – he was also doing good for the parish. Who had collected 10,000 euros from Banca Valsassina thanks to the first prize for a volunteer project: “Lo casket of desires”. The educational path intended for young people and adolescents curated precisely by Don Matteo Selmo together with the secretariat of the Paul VI Youth Center and by the parish priest Don Osvaldo.
In short, what the priest 4.0 is said to be able to bring the faithful and young people closer to the Faith. Because you know, you also have to adapt well. And instead, no.
L’Arena reports online: “The young priest asked to meditate on «a free choice»”. In short, stop the priesthood. At least for now. “He will suspend his activity for the parish of Lonato after almost 10 years of honorable service, but he will not be transferred: as reported by Don Damiano Fiorio, another Lonatese parish priest who had the task of breaking the news during Mass “to avoid murmurs and misunderstandings”.
What is certain is that Sanremo, intended as a Festival, and the songs in general do not lead very well to the category. In many decades, they have left Friar Cionfoli, the nun Sister Cristina and now Don Matteo. Perhaps, in view of the 2023 edition, it is better to stay at a more traditional Mass: less social and more intimate.
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