Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, traveled to the northeastern Italian city of Argenta to preach the homily at the Mass for the 100th anniversary of the death of Father Giovanni Minzoni.
The outspoken anti-Fascist priest was murdered by supporters of Benito Mussolini.
Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia announced that the
diocesan phase of Father Minzoni’s beatification cause would begin on
October 7.