Catholic public opinion in Italy was moved by the murder of an Italian female missionary in Peru.
That is Ms. Nadia De Munari, 50 years old, living in Peru since 26 years, working in the densely populated Nuevo Chimbote area, in the south of Chimbote city, specializing in taking care of poor teenagers, working in six locations. kindergarten and a kindergarten, within the framework of the missionary movement "Operation Mato Grosso", founded by Father Ugo De Censi of Don Bosco. Sister Nadia is in charge of the “Mamma mia” center, my mother.
Last Saturday night, April 24, 2021, Nadia was slashed in her sleep and seriously injured. She died a short time later at a hospital in the capital, Lima. The cause and circumstances of this incident are unknown. According to the initial reaction, it was assumed that this was a robbery. But in an interview in Italy, Karia De Munari, the deputy mayor of the town of Schio, Nadia's cousin, did not believe that explanation and demanded justice.
Bishop Beniamino Pizziol, Bishop of Vicenza, and all the men and women missionaries from this diocese in the world, condolences to the De Munari family, to the friends of Sister Nadia's NGO .
The President of the European Parliament, Italian David Sassoli, also expressed horror at the murder and offered his condolences to the family and the community that Nadia cared for with all enthusiasm and generosity.
Bishop Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima, expressed shock at the murder and expressed his condolences to the community of Vicenza diocese in Italy.