Naples mourns the deaths of three workers. Cardinal Battaglia: "Don't call them accidental deaths; they tarnish consciences."

Naples awakens once again in pain, wounded by a tragedy that smacks of injustice and the acrid stench of anger. Three workers killed on the job, three lives shattered by a fate shaped by neglect and a lack of safety. The powerful voice of Cardinal Domenico Battaglia shakes the city and Italy as a whole, breaking the silence with words that are more than a prayer: they are an indictment, a call for collective responsibility.

“Don't call them accidental deaths anymore, because they soil our consciences”, writes the bishop in a heartfelt note, which becomes a civil cry. "Dying not at work, but of work, is unacceptable. It's unacceptable to go out in the morning to earn a living and never return."

Don Mimmo doesn't mince his words, and he combines compassion with indignation. He calls things by their names: work, which should be dignity and a future, becomes a death trap. And he asks for courage, from institutions, from businesses, from those who have a public voice and responsibility: There's no more time to waste. We need true social justice, based on rules, prevention, and safety. No mother, no child, no friend should ever receive a phone call announcing a preventable death again.

Vincenzo Scarpa

Vincenzo Scarpa, Journalist for Cronache della Campania and
Political Science student at the University of Naples Federico II.
Passionate about all types of sports, he loves to write and talk mainly about football.