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Vatican City – The celestial mechanics will have led Pope Francis to ask Mauro Gambetti for a double somersault, who within a week was appointed first bishop and then cardinal. At the age of 55, with a degree in mechanical engineering, Gambetti (Castel San Pietro Terme, Imola, Bologna, 1965) was Guardian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi.
Friar minor since 1992, ordained bishop last Sunday in Assisi, was created cardinal by the Pope in the Consistory of November 28, the following Saturday. “For me – he reflects – it’s like a dip in the open sea”. Pope Francis entrusted him with the diaconate which is located in the church of Santissimo Nome di Maria in the Trajan Forum in Rome.
Gambetti was also a classmate of Stefano Domenicali, the future head of Scuderia Ferrari’s racing department, then head of Lamborghini and now at the top of world Formula One. After the week on the papal roller coaster, he was asked if a degree in mechanical engineering would serve his ministry as a cardinal.
Mauro replied that his training will allow him, perhaps, to have a practical sense of things. Specifying that in addition to having studied, the engineer really did, working in his father’s workshop. Then the glory of the world.
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