Military personnel operating in Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL mission have paid homage to Our Lady of Loreto with a solemn ceremony. Before the service, the Military Chaplain recalled the tradition of the translation of the Holy House of Mary to Loreto. Afterwards, Colonel Valter D’Agostino, Italian Contingent Commander, thanked those present for their enthusiastic participation, while Colonel Marco Maistrello, Senior officer of the Italian Air Force in Naqoura, read out a congratulatory message sent by the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force.
The ceremony concluded with the laying of a wreath at the foot of the Statue of Our Lady of Loreto, erected at the ITALAIR heliport.
