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The body of Don Roberto Malgesini was found this morning at 7 am in a square in the center of the Lombard city. The priest was stabbed by a mentally-challenged, foreign-born homeless man who was established immediately after the murder. The reason is still unknown. The bishop of the Lombard city, Bishop Oscar Cantoni, expresses deep pain but also pride for a priest who has always been committed “to the point of giving his life for the least amount.” Tonight, the Diocese of Como will gather in prayer in the Cathedral for the recitation of the Holy Rosary dedicated to Don Roberto and his murderer.
Campanile of Emanuela – Vatican City
Collaborator of the Beato Scalabrini pastoral community, he served in Como San Rocco and it is there that the bishop – Monsignor Oscar Cantoni – He left as soon as he heard the news of the murder of Don Roberto Malgesini. Today’s chronicles are already full of details about the death of the priest, of “this priest of ours”, says the bishop, who expresses “deep pain and disorientation for what happened” but also “pride”, because Don Roberto has always worked first . line “to give his life for the last”. “For the poor he was truly a father”, but for Monsignor Cantoni, as bishop, he was a son: “Yes, he was and we saw each other often. He told me about his activity – he continues – bringing out belle, because he has fulfilled with joy this ministry of yours. A vocation within a vocation. “
Community prayer
Opening the diocese’s website weekly does not mean collecting details about the murderer or victim, but rather capturing the consternation and the cry of an entire community, which this afternoon, at 8.30 p.m., will gather in the Cathedral to pray for him. victim and executioner.
Don Roberto
“Priest who has always been close to people in difficulty”, we still read, “shy and withdrawn like that, he never lacked his support of those he encountered along the way, constantly and without sparing, in the service of all forms of human frailty “. . A few lines full of gratitude for a man, a priest, who served in Como San Rocco since 2008.
