Simon of Cyrene – crowd is an invention of a genius. If the “Fourth State” of Pelizza da Volpedo was the manifesto of Socialism, this is the manifesto of Christianity. The cross gets longer and becomes community, to give everyone the chance to bring a part of it! That man of Cyrene will be one of the first Christians. “And the crowd of believers multiplied greatly.” “The blood of martyrs is the seed of new Christians”. “Today Christ has no hands, he has our hands”. The man of Cyrene’s does not move away from the crowd, but he leads it. Yes, in the Church the degrees are won not by titles, but by carrying the Jesus’ cross. Armando Cattaneo

Armando Cattaneo