The volume traces the entire biography of Don Luigi, starting from the years of his childhood and studies in the seminary, up to his death.
It contains unpublished material of undoubted value which helps to better understand, for example, the years of his training (with the letters to his sister nun), his first pastoral experiences and the changes in the diocese of Rome, following the Second Vatican Council, changes which Don Luigi will be one of the main protagonists, especially with his activity in the various Catholic associations and then with his work in the Roman Vicariate. The collaboration with the cardinal vicars will lead him to dedicate a lot of attention to the structural aspects of the diocese, but above all to study its history with great attention to aspects of pastoralism.
The slow but precise discovery of the needs, of the more or less hidden poverty, of the questions that came from civil society will lead him to deal with the last, the forgotten. Hence his various foundations, canteens, shelters, hostels, homes for AIDS patients. The same concern will take him to the Roman prisons, also creating, in collaboration with Sister Teresilla, a relationship with many of the members of the Red Brigades, especially those who were dissociated. This relationship is described in a chapter of the book, and the author also uses previously unpublished correspondence.
Certainly among the most interesting chapters, those dedicated to the 1974 conference on the evils of Rome, and the history of the Pantanella, a vast building occupied by many non-EU citizens and then cleared with questionable methods. The numerous television interviews and statements made by Don Luigi during programs to which he was often invited are also used among the sources.
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