https://combonimissionaries.org/supreme-witness-father-lorenzo-piazza/ of the Heart of Jesus Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://combonimissionaries.org/supreme-witness-father-lorenzo-piazza/#comment-17 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:38:15 +0000 https://combonimissionaries.org/?p=2564#comment-17 […] the afternoon of October 29, 1964. The group of Missionaries in the Mission at the time comprised Father Piazza, Father Zuccali, Father Migotti and myself from Italy, with three Holy Ghost Fathers and four […]

]]> https://combonimissionaries.org/supreme-witness-father-lorenzo-piazza/#comment-16 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:36:17 +0000 https://combonimissionaries.org/?p=2564#comment-16 […] [Read Father Piazza’s story]   [Read Father Migotti’s story]   [Read Brother Carlo Mosca’s Story] Father Antonio was not with the group of Missionaries when they decided to surrender to the rebels as he had gone earlier in the day to assist a young Belgian farmer who was reportedly very sick. The following morning, Father Antonio decided to go to a local village with the young Belgian to look for medicine. Unfortunately, someone betrayed their presence to the rebels who arrived with their guns at the ready. The wife of a school teacher, risking her own life, tried to save them but to no avail. Father Antonio just had time to hear the confession of the Belgian, to give the woman his blessing and smile at the rebels. A volley of shots brought him tumbling to the ground. His body, together with that of the young Belgian, was thrown into the Rungu River, and their bodies never found. Father Antonio was forty-two years old, and had been in the Congo for less than a year. […]

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