Today the funeral of the 37th Italian victim in Afghanistan. The day after returning to Italy for the coffin of Lt. Alpine Massimo Ranzani, now promoted to captain, began with the farewell given to him in the chapel of the Celio Military Hospital in Rome, where she held the funeral, Mario from his father and mother ion. Then, the funeral was open to the public. Off to wait for the opening dozens of ordinary citizens came to pay homage to this young life destroyed. Ranzani belonged to the fifth regiment of Alpini Sterzing and died last Monday following a terrorist attack in Afghanistan during the course of the international mission Isaf. The mountain was on his second mission in the Asian country, we had arrived on 12 October. The funeral home remained open until 10:30. At 11.10 then the coffin of Lieutenant was transported to the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli for the state funeral planned for 11:30. The funeral was celebrated military ordinary, Archbishop Vincent Pelvis. The funeral in private are scheduled for tomorrow in Occhiobello, in the province of Rovigo, the municipality of residence of the family of the young mountaineer died. Upon his arrival at the Basilica of the coffin of the poor Ranzani military honors were rendered by a picket the joint and the Army band greeted with some fanfare and then played the Alpine songs 'Lord of the peaks' for the third time in just over 60 days. The coffin, wrapped in the Tricolour, then made his entrance into the Roman Basilicata and reached the altar through a long corridor formed by fellow soldiers with her face marked by sorrow. Also waiting for a crowd of citizens, but even the highest offices of state and local governments. At the funeral service have in fact, attended by the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, tThe prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, the chairman of the Senate, Renato Schifani, the House speaker Gianfranco Fini, President of the Constitutional Court Ugo De Siervo, the Minister of Defence Ignazio La Russa, the Secretary to the Prime Council, Ministers, Gianni Letta and Umberto Bossi, Roberto Calderoli, Giulio Tremonti and Matteoli. Among others also the UDC leader Pier Ferdinando Casini, the mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno and the governor of the Veneto Luca Zaia, in addition to the military. Present as always with his wheelchair Gianfranco Paglia, the paratroopers were wounded in Somalia and now Parliament. The coffin, wrapped in the flag, and above the picture of the captain, the plumed hat of the Alps, the decorations, the officer's saber. Again Mons Pelvis found himself officiating in his homily during the funeral of a soldier fallen in the course of a mission abroad. The archbishop recalled the lieutenant in Ranzani said: "From tireless sower of hope in the face with the stranger, the prisoner, the naked, the hungry, the example of Jesus, our Max, has left only the direct voice of the heart before the suffering and agony of the Afghan people . He left the darkness of selfishness, comfortable life, to tell the forgotten and abandoned brother: courage, get up, I'm here for you, your solidarity with the excruciating pain. " "To friends Massimo confided that to build peace we must look into the eyes of children to read the dream of beautiful new things because there are no Italian children, Afghan and other countries, there are only children, just as there are many peaceful but Peace. Massimo been tireless sower of hope and hope is to believe in the impossible. Escaping the cry for help of others, is how to choose the death and, worse, become the architect, "said Mons Pelvis saying:" Max knew that peace demands the most heroic labor and sacrifice more difficult. At the beginning of the homily, the archbishop addressed the head of state with an award: "Thank you so much for his father's closeness to our young soldiers and their families." Framed by its strong words, but made the distress of the parents locked in their grief over the loss of their young son. Mons Pelvis talking to the mother of Lt. Ranzani has urged to continue to be the mother of all mountain in his daily prayer and turned instead to his father, recalled the respect for the profession and the sharing of its maximum. During his homily the ordinary military has also launched an appeal: "The international security missions help us understand that we the human family. Too often, however, hide behind statements like 'not my job' or 'worth it?': We may not burn enough love in the heart with which to convey our fraternity in the world. " "The moral, social and political, in which men are now involved in different parts of the world seem to extinguish the hopes la terra è solcata da problemi, da agitazioni, da conflitti, da sentimenti e propositi di odio e di guerra. Ma il sacrificio dei nostri militari ci impegna nel riaffermare, con una nuova consapevolezza, l'amore sociale quale norma suprema e vitale della persona umana”, ha continuato Mons Pelvi aggiungendo che : “Cosa vogliamo ottenere con la nostra vita? Di questo mondo nel quale siamo, per quanto dipende da noi, cosa vogliamo fare? Adottare una politica di odio, di eliminazione di coloro che si oppongono a noi? Oppure, allargare i nostri orizzonti nel costruire una comunità internazionale stabile e pacifica?”. Alla fine della funzione la bara del tenente Ranzani, avvolto nel tricolore, è stato portato a spalla dai fellow soldiers out of the Basilica greeted by prolonged applause. To accompany the song dear to the mountain, 'Our Lady of the Snows'. A preceding it on its way to the square wreath by the President of the Republic supported by two cuirassiers. Outside, the courtyard, waiting for a square crowded with people despite the rain. The army band sang 'Honor to the fallen'. Then the coffin was placed in the hearse and before richiudesse tailgate, parents have stroked the coffin in a final farewell to their loving figliulo that is gone forever. Farewell
Massimo rest in peace!
Massimo rest in peace!
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