|
|
Article: Anti-Mafia priest's death raises questions: Pope did not travel to Palermo for funeral. (Fr. Giuseppe Puglisi)
- Article from:
- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- October 8, 1993
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Pope did not travel to Palermo for funeral
GENOA, Italy -- On Sept. 15, his 56th birthday, Fr. Guiseppe Puglisi, the pastor of San Gaetano Parish on the out-skirts of Palermo, was murdered in front of his home with a single bullet at point-blank range.
His parish in Brancaccio, one of the poorest districts of the city, has long been under the firm control of organized-crime bosses. When Puglisi arrived at the parish three years ago he started organizing its inhabitants to resist the Mafia's influence.
Puglisi had been offered other parishes by the local curia, in wealthy, comfortable neighborhoods of Palermo, Sicily's capital and largest city. ...