Mali: The blessing of the Great Silence
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN): Interview with Fr. Perluigi Maccalli
Bamako, Dec.12.– After two years living as a captive in the desert, somewhere between Niger and Mali, the Italian missionary Father Pierluigi Maccalli, who was received by the Pope on November 9, 2020, recalled his first impressions in an interview conducted by the SMA Media Center a few hours after his liberation. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) summarizes his impressive testimony given to the Society of African Missions (SMA) on 10 October 2020.
“I find it hard to speak because after spending such a long time in silence I now find myself in this world of quickly moving events and words”. These were Father Maccalli’s first words after liberation, which he experienced with great joy and emotion but also as a moment of confusion.
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