By Paolo Ondarza and Deborah Castellano Lubov
the Church of Sant'Ilario in Marnate in the province of Varese
was packed Friday morning for the funeral of Luca Re Sartù
a 24-year-old who died of a bacterium a few days after returning from World Youth Day
The requiem Mass was attended by numerous people
and many others touched by the young man's witness of faith and selflessness
The large turnout was a consolation for Luca's family
Luca's mother had received an unexpected phone call from Pope Francis. With great emotion
was greatly struck by Pope Francis' gesture and closeness." The mother's verbatim words," he told Vatican News
He comforted me as if he were my father.'”
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