Philippines, Manila and Mindanao pray for Fr. Bossi
Manila (AsiaNews) - "A friend, a brother with whom I have
lived almost ten years of my life.
His loss is a great sorrow for all those who knew him during
these years of mission." This is what Fr. John King, regional
superior of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign
Missions in the Philippines what tells AsiaNews. Fr. King is also a former
missionary companion of Fr. Giancarlo Bossi, who died yesterday in Rozzano sul Naviglio (Milan) after a long illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow in the missionary parish
of Castelletto di Abbiategrasso at 3pm.
Fr. King explains
that the news of his death arrived this morning in the Philippines,
reported by local agencies. Tomorrow night
the first celebrations in honor of the missionary will be held in Parañaque
(Manila) in the parish of Mary Queen of Apostles. They will be followed by moments of prayer in Payao (Mindanao),
the parish where Fr. Bossi served for several years until his kidnapping in 2007.
"The people - says Fr. King - remember him
mainly for his discretion, his good character and
willingness to give all of
himself to follow an initiative
or help a person. He had suffered the publicity
and notoriety that followed his
kidnapping and liberation in 2007. He loved simple
things and he worked in silence, that's
why people loved him. "(S.C.)
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