During their lifetimes and for many years after they died in the second half of the last century, the two prophetic priests were subjected to marginalisation and condemnation by the ecclesiastical authorities
A private visit to two tombs in obscure parts of Italy by Pope Francis on June 20 could be passed over as an act of private respect for two priests of the 20th century, but I believe that more than showing a personal appreciation, his visit was actually raising an encyclical from the graves of two men he wants to promote as a new model for priesthood and ministry.
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