'Ndrangheta, offensive writings against the parish priest of the sanctuary of Polsi
Denigrating and offensive sentences were written by unknown persons against Tonino Saraco , rector of the sanctuary of Polsi and parish priest in Ardore (RC). Someone read them on a wall along a provincial road and reported it to the religious who, upon hearing the news, went to the local carabinieri station where he filed a complaint for defamation. The incident was announced in a press release by Monsignor Francesco Oliva , bishop of Locri-Gerace, who, in his name and in the name of the diocesan church, expressed "full trust, closeness and solidarity" to Don Tonino.

The sanctuary of Polsi, located in the heart of the Aspromonte , is a symbolic role both from a religious point of view and for the meaning assumed over time for the 'Ndrangheta. Every year, in summer, on the occasion of the feast of the Madonna to which it is dedicated, the sanctuary becomes the destination of thousands of pilgrims from the province of Reggio Calabria and Sicily, but also the leaders of the clans who outline their strategies and renew their covenants.