Visit to the Shrine of Jaddico
At the conclusion of the G7 in Savelletri, Secretary-General Michele Capasso visited the Shrine of Jaddico, dedicated to "Mary Mother of the Church". With the priests, he retraced the steps of the sacred place.
Almost sixty years after its construction, the Shrine today acquires a new value, a renewed sense of faith. Built in 1965 by Brindisi city policeman Teodoro D'Amici, the shrine has always been a place of extraordinary manifestations of the Virgin Mary, particularly around an ancient crusader wall with an image of the Madonna, which was then blessed. The archbishop at the time, Monsignor Nicola Margiotta, who was in Rome for the closing of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, delegated the vicar general Monsignor Armando Franco to preside over the rite, which was attended by an immense crowd. It was the first church in the world dedicated to "Mary Mother of the Church".
In recent decades, the Shrine of Jaddico has increasingly become a place of peace and spiritual refreshment for the many who stop by the church every day to pray - as it is open day and night - arriving from everywhere.
