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May 13, 2020 All the "judgments" that have raged against Silvia Romano in these days after his release "start from a given in common, from a common look, inhuman. Because inhuman is the gaze of man when he does not want to see. When he silences, suppresses the compassion that should always dwell in his eyes. Compassion. The ability to feel the pain of others on his own skin. And this story is full of pain, just knowing how to look. " L'Osservatore Romano writes it in an article on the release of the Italian cooperant."Just look carefully at Silvia's eyes, see how much suffering they communicate, that of a girl kidnapped for 18 months - writes the newspaper of the Holy See in the article signed by the writer Daniele Mencarelli -. Just compare his gaze today to that of a couple of years ago, when the facts had not yet happened ". "Silvia's eyes say everything - he continues - but the will to really look at them is needed. This would be enough to silence the judges".
According to L'Osservatore Romano, "what upsets all this matter" is that "the release of Silvia Romano should have produced joy, nothing else, instead it is incredible the following of reactions, unclean judgments, which have rained from every corner of the Country, which have vivisected the whole affair that happened to this girl, starting from her initial choice ". "A tribunal - underlines the Vatican newspaper - made up of thousands of judges, almost all operating on social networks, has started to pronounce. Here are the salient mistakes that Silvia would have committed: why should a Milanese girl go to another continent to help others human beings? If you want to do good your neighborhood is enough; if you converted to Islam you could stay in Africa; why do we have to pay the ransom? And who tells us that that ransom does not also end up in Silvia's pockets? he matches with those who were his kidnappers ... The list of horrors could go on and on ".
For L'Osservatore Romano, "without compassion, man stands as judge, committing what is the clearest and most ignoble denial of the Christian message. And of judgments our age is bulimic, we know perfectly what is wrong with others and we are ready to throw ourselves mercilessly. But fortunately, a humanity that loves and offers itself to others still resists. " "Welcome back Silvia - he concludes -, take all the time you need".