As Silvio Berlusconi grapples with the best crisis the Italian republic has ever seen, an affiliate of his extended family has gone on a long retreat to Medjugorje. Ania Goledzinowska, the Polish squeeze of Paolo Enrico Beretta, the Italian prime minister's nephew (he's the boy of Silvio Berlusconi's late sister, Maria Antonietta), has moved to the town in Bosnia and Herzegovina to lead a life of prayer.
How did you finish up in Medjugorje?
The first time I was invited by a mate who also paid for the trip. I had a kind of an allergy for priests and the Church. But that first trip changed my life, so much so that for the following 2 years I was not currently able to live serenely, because I realised I Had never been actually happy in my complete life. What I was living was an illusion, not true happiness. I became depressed. I had a privileged life that I no longer liked. Instead , I wanted simple, normal things. One morning I awakened, called a chum and asked him to find me a place to remain in Medjugorje or I would have jumped out of the window. I left Italy with 2 bags without telling anybody. And here I am.
How long have you been in Medjugorje and when are you going to come back to Italy?
I have been here almost a quarter. In fact my first thought was to come here just for 1 or 2 days, because on June 25 I should have started a PR job in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, at the multimillionaire Flavio Briatore's club. But June 25 was also the 30th anniversary of the apparitions in Medjugorje. After five days here I cancelled the contract and have decided to remain. I am in a Marian community and I live with priests and nuns.
How does one spend your day?
I wake up at five in the morning. We climb the mountain Podbrdo to recite a rosary, then we are going down, we have requests, then Holy Mass. Until 12 pm we're employed. I clean the rooms and bathrooms, then I do the ironing, or peel potatoes. We also have a plant garden and chickens. After that we recite another rosary. In the afternoon we rest, then at 6 there are other requests.
You are spending the summer in a place of prayer, far enough away from everything and everyone. Don't you miss Formentera, Sardinia and other places such as that?
Absolutely not. Plenty of my old pals cannot comprehend what I do. They do not understand how I'll be cheerful doing what perhaps my cleaning woman did before. In fact , I think That I haven't ever been so satisfied. I feel a bit like when I was a kid, when I was little and I lived with my poor and easy family. Everything
I do makes me feel satisfied. I feel loved by God and by those around me, without having to disguise myself by what I haven't ever been. I know that folks are close to me for who I am, not for profit . I left everything. I get dressed with the "clothes of Providence", which sometimes the pilgrims leave here, because my clothes did not fit in Medjugorje. I could not come here wearing Chanel shoes
What was the reaction of your boyfriend, Paolo Enrico Beretta?
At first he was surprised. For nearly 2 weeks he did not know where I was. We met again four weeks later, when I returned to Milan to terminate the lease of the house and to sell the vehicle : I decided to move permanently to Medjugorje. We met, we talked a lot and he accepted my selections. He told me he respects them and he will always and in any case be close to me till I'm going to be prepared to come back. And he knows very well that this can happen in a year as in four. In the meantime, he is getting ready to visit me. Now I do what the Lord wants from me. If the Lord wants me to come back, I shall come back to Italy. But I do not think this can occur in the near future.
In the newspapers we read that you've chosen chastity. Again, one would wonder if your man welcomed your decision.
He's perhaps the sole man who has always respected me. We have had a pure relationship, even though we have known one another for three years. Perhaps that's why our relationship is so deep. I determined to create an association "pure hearts" for those who have selected to live in purity until marriage, respecting God and themselves. As a sign recognition there are numbered rings for all members.
Why do so many folk in the Italian showbusiness world go to Medjugorje?
I do not know. Some do it for advertising, but there are also those who really need to get answers. At the end we're all people, and papers usually don't tell stories about regular folks. I believe that today's world urges us to find the truth, because we are living in a false reality.
Where did your story begin?
It is a long story and I wrote about it in the book Con occhi di bambina ("Through the eyes of a child"). It begins when I used to be a small princess who dreamed of a castle and of her prince, but I found myself kicked out of the enchanted castle when I was four years old . I had to grapple with insincere folks, victimization, abuse, drugs and much else besides.
It's said that in 2008, wearing simply a bikini, you came out of a cake donated to prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and sang "Happy birthday" to him. After Medjugorje would you do that again?
After Medjugorje I would not do many things, but I do not regret anything. I had to live the good and the bad things of my past in order to give affidavit today you can change, that real life is something else. Jesus came and died for sinners, not for healthy people. I am the first of sinners. I do not need to lose the right of enjoying the mercy of the Lord.
From parties, perhaps with cocaine, to Our Woman Do you think you need to escape from the world?
I have had nothing to do with drugs for roughly 6 years. I do not need to escape from the world, I know that the real battle is out in day-to-day life. But first I need to heal my soul to help other people, to battle in the battleground for the only actual King, who is God.
From Medjugorje what do you want to inform our readers?
Three things : love, pardon and do not judge. Just as you wish to be forgiven, also others have a right to a second chance. Forgive, but do not do it for others : do it for yourself. You must empty the hatred and the acrimony that you hold in your heart. Only then can God work in you. Otherwise he has nowhere to put the graces that he has reserved. If you choose to come to Medjugorje do not expect to see the sun spinning or other miracles. The genuine miracle is your exit. Our Woman will take care of all the rest, writes tagza.com.
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