VATICAN CITY, 9 APR 2008 (VIS) - Greeting Italian pilgrims at the end of today's general audience, which was held in St. Peter's Square, the Pope addressed some remarks to nuns of the Daughters of the Cross and to lay people who share their charism, who had come to honour the memory of Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti.
That Italian sister, said the Holy Father, "with a total giving of self, sacrificed her life while praying for those who were attacking her". Sr. Maria Laura was stabbed to death on the night of 6-7 June 2000 in the Italian town of Chiavenna by three underage girls in the course of a Satanic ritual. As she died she found the strength to pray for her killers and forgive them.
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints recently recognised the death of the religious as martyrdom, thus opening the way to her beatification.
AG/MURDER RELIGIOUS/MAINETTI VIS 20080409 (160)
That Italian sister, said the Holy Father, "with a total giving of self, sacrificed her life while praying for those who were attacking her". Sr. Maria Laura was stabbed to death on the night of 6-7 June 2000 in the Italian town of Chiavenna by three underage girls in the course of a Satanic ritual. As she died she found the strength to pray for her killers and forgive them.
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints recently recognised the death of the religious as martyrdom, thus opening the way to her beatification.
AG/MURDER RELIGIOUS/MAINETTI VIS 20080409 (160)
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