His Excellency Monsignor Vincenzo Pelvi met with the personnel of all the military units present on the island. The visit was attended by Brigadier General Corrado Dalzini, Commander of the Southern Military Region of the Italian Army, Brigadier General Riccardo Amato, Commander of the Sicilian Carabinieri Legion, Brigadier General Fabrizio Cuneo, Regional Commander of the Guardia di Finanza, Rear Admiral Francesco Carpinteri, Director of the Maritime Authority of Western Sicily, and Colonel Mauro Gabetta, Commander of the 37th Squadron. Monsignor Pelvi officiated the Mass in the Church of San Gerlando, welcomed by all the military present with their families and by the Mayor of Lampedusa, Giusi Nicolini. Subsequently, he was accompanied by three coast guard motorboats from the Guardia Costiera, the Guardia di Finanza and the Carabinieri to the island’s waters and blessed a wreath of flowers that was placed at the bottom of the sea near the statue of the Madonna of Porto Salvo.
The visit continued at the Air Detachment of Lampedusa, where the Military Ordinariate, accompanied by Lieutenant Raffaele Capece, Commander of the Detachment and the 134th Remote Radar Squadron, blessed the recently renovated chapel of the Detachment.
In greeting the military personnel at the end of the visit, Mons. Pelviha wished to recall the importance of the task performed by the military personnel in the island in the context of activities related to the Humanitarian Emergency.
