One hundred and forty years ago, September 20th, the Italian riflemen of General Raffaele Cadorna, led by the captain in a final - and jew Piedmont - James Segre, came to Rome through the Porta Pia. The city became capital of the Kingdom of Italy, as he finished the temporal power of the Popes. The anniversary of the event, important for the Italian and European history, will be held in Florence, Monday, Sept. 20, at 12.00, the square of the Unification of Italy, in front of the obelisk to the fallen. celebrating the anniversary, we remember above all the politics of the great Cavour memorable speeches in the House and the Senate (March and April 1861) had argued the need for a definitive separation of Church and State, to enable and ensure the State to legislate in full, rightful autonomy, and the Church - rather, the religion - to preach and act with the utmost, necessary freedom. "Free Church in a Free State": the historical political formula, in perfect harmony with the Gospel saying "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God," is still today, just in today's society, extraordinary relevance, principle and method of driving, both for governments and for the religious faiths, for the purposes of a civil society. In the bicentenary of the birth, Aug. 10, 1810, we give the floor to Cavour: .. "But when the clergy, recaptured and secured the freedom, wants to fight to regain their ancient privileges, to turn back the company, to prevent normal and orderly development of modern civilization, then it is to be regretted his involvement in political struggles (...). I have too much faith in the principle of progress and liberty as might be put to trial in a purely legal struggle waged with weapons. If freedom has been making progress when it had a huge fight against the clergy and the privileged classes, and freedom was in some way helpless, now why I fear it could run real danger if he had to fight his enemies with weapons equal? (...) But if I do not fear the political struggles where they have fought with legal weapons, I can not say the same, where the clergy would make use of spiritual weapons with impunity before it for well other than for the triumph uffizi this or that political candidate. Oh! So really the struggle would no longer be equal, and if it were left in this medium seize foot and more accepted use of those spiritual weapons, the company would face the most serious dangers, the legal fight to take risks to turn into material struggle. " (from the book: "Il Conte di Cavour - Memories Biography, edited by Giuseppe Massari, Torino 1873) Remember the XX Settembre means to invite the citizens, the Italians, to reaffirm and defend freedom of thought as opposed to any fundamentalism, and violence always lurking in fanaticism and terrorism, culture and practice of reason and tolerance. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- - Committee for the promotion of the values \u200b\u200bof the Risorgimento, Circle Piero Gobetti, Foundation Ernesto Rossi and Gaetano Salvemini, Circolo Fratelli Rosselli, Association for radical initiative "Andrea Drums", Veterans Association veterans and partisans, Group of one hundred and one, Union of atheists and agnostics, rationalists, Group Board "Spini for Florence," Greens in Tuscany.
