by Francesca D’Angelo – photo by Luigi Narici/AGF
Faith can have many faces: even wearing wedges, teased hair and clothes full of sequins. Nick Luciani is very proud of it. For him, the blond boy from The Countryside Cousins (returning from his participation in Dancing with the Stars on Rai Uno), religion is a fixed point in his life: a side of himself that he doesn’t like to flaunt, but which cements all his relationships . He talks about it today with Credere, in a completely exceptional way, together with his wife Vanessa: «I want to release this interview with her: it is a path that we share and that we carry forward together».
Usually the more imaginative you are, the less devoted you are: can faith also have a pop soul?
Nick: «For me it’s like this. Faith is a point of strength and hope. Often when I return from the evenings I start to pray. I need to dialogue with God: it is a way to rediscover the man as well as the artist. The Country Cousins are my family, my home, but then there is life, the one in the real world. There my point of reference is my wife: I met her on 7 October 1994, she was also a singer, and it was immediately love at first sight. We got married on October 6, 1999: this year we celebrate 25 years of marriage. She is also a believer and this has cemented our relationship even more.”
When did you approach faith?
Nick: «I was born into a Catholic family but my uncle was a “convict”. He was rector of the Rosmini College in Stresa, which I attended for a year, and on Sundays he took me to a nearby village where he celebrated Mass. I often acted as his altar boy. That man, with his sweet and affectionate way of acting, has always fascinated me: he was a devoted but at the same time energetic person, who went out of his way and promoted the most disparate initiatives. He is the one who taught me the love of Christ.”
Vanessa: «I also grew up in a believing family, but the experience that brought me closest to the faith were the years of study at the schools of the Augustinian nuns, where I attended middle school».
Read the complete interview with Nick Luciani in the issue of Credere in distribution on newsstands and religious bookshops from Thursday 7 November and in parishes from Saturday 9 November. Or purchase a digital copy www.edicolasanpaolo.it/scheda/credere.aspx
