Today, June 10 at 1:45 p.m. after 10 days of customs blockade, we received news that the Icon had finally arrived at the sanctuary in Varese near Milan. For 10 days She had been held in an Italian customs chamber on the border of the European Union. More questions were asked, the answers to which were contained in the documents attached to the Icon. Finally, on June 9, a fee of 116.6 euros was charged for each box, regardless of what was inside. The larger one contained the Icon, the smaller one the equipment to place Her in the feretron.
Unfortunately, all the celebrations prepared earlier had to be canceled.
However, further plans are wide-ranging. The interest in the visit of the Icon is very high, especially since it is currently a Jubilee Year is centered on the topic "Pilgrims of Hope". A visit to Basilica della Santa Casa - the Sanctuary of the Holy House in Loretto is planned from Monday, June 16. There are many Poles living in that area, there is a large Polish cemetery from World War II and our Polish tradition is known.
It is also known that the Icon will be present in Rome at the Youth Jubilee from July 28 to August 3 of this year. It is to be placed in the adoration chapel in the area prepared for Polish pilgrims as part of the "Polish Rome - Casa Polonia" project. It is worth recalling that in January 2019 the Icon was present at the World Youth Day in Panama.
We dream of visiting the Vatican, attending Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II and meeting with Pope Leo XIV.
