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No, ho, ho, ho: Italy bishop tells children Santa Claus doesn't exist
FirstpostThe Catholic diocese in Sicily apologised to outraged parents insisting that Bishop Antonio Stagliano didn’t mean to dash the dreams of the youngsters two weeks before Christmas Rome: A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologised to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In a Facebook post and subsequent comments Friday, the diocese of Noto insisted that Bishop Antonio Stagliano didn’t mean to dash the dreams of the youngsters two weeks before Christmas. Italian news reports quoted Stagliano as saying during a recent religious festival that Santa doesn’t exist and that his red costume was created by the Coca-Cola company for publicity. But when this image loses its meaning, you see Santa Claus aka consumerism, the desire to own, buy, buy and buy again, then you have to revalue it by giving it a new meaning.” But, if the public comments section of the Noto page were any indication, the Sicilian parents weren’t having any of it.
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