Manuela Camagni was one of four women living in the papal apartment to service the Pope's household. She was tragically hit by a car and died hours later from head trauma. She was part of the Pontifical Family and was responsible for cleaning the apartment, kitchen, chapel and clothing of the Pope.
In his recent book interview, Benedict XVI said that he often eats lunch with the caretakers and stewards of the residence.
Manuela Camagni was a consecrated layperson in the Catholic movement “Communion and Liberation.”
Communion and Liberation (CL) website: http://www.clonline.us/home.cfm
Video: http://www.romereports.com/palio/Popes-caretaker-dies-in-car-accident-english-3133.html
Manuela Camagni was one of four women living in the papal apartment to service the Pope’s household. She was tragically hit by a car and died hours later from head trauma. She was part of the Pontifical Family and was responsible for cleaning the apartment, kitchen, chapel and clothing of the Pope.
In his recent book interview, Benedict XVI said that he often eats lunch with the caretakers and stewards of the residence.
Manuela Camagni was a consecrated layperson in the Catholic movement “Communion and Liberation.”
Communion and Liberation (CL) website: http://www.clonline.us/home.cfm
In his new book Light of the World, Pope Benedict describes the everyday life of the papal household, in which he includes his secretaries and the women of Memores Domini:
“We celebrate Christmas together, listen to the holiday music, and exchange gifts. The feast days of our patron saints are celebrated, and occasionally we also sing Evening Prayer together. So we celebrate feasts together. And then, besides our common meals, there is above all Holy Mass in common in the morning. That is an especially important moment in which we are all with each other in a particularly intense way in the light of the Lord.”
Papal heartache alert
papal news alert
paging Michael O’Brien.
A car fatality in Italy? Imagine that.
A message from Father Carron appears on the CL “Traces” website in Italy: http://www.tracce.it/?id=302&id_n=18856
Below is an attempt at translation with much help from google translate (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracce.it%2F%3Fid%3D302%26id_n%3D18856&act=url):
THE FACTS
“Not a hair of your head will perish”
24/11/2010 - The message of Father Julian Carron for the death of Manuela Camagni, Memores Domini of the pontifical family, the victim of a traffic accident.
Upon hearing the news of the sudden death of Manuela Camagni, Memores Domini who serves in the papal apartment, Father Julian Carron, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, has sent this message to the whole movement:
“Dear friends, the sudden death of our friend Manuela Camagni is one of the mysterious ways in which the Lord requires us to think of him, renewing the assurance that ‘not even a hair of your head will perish’, as we said in the Liturgy today. Gather even more intensely in the embrace of the Holy Father, as children who want to share all his wounded humanity. ‘No one has greater love than he who lays down his life for his friends.’ The gift of her life manifested itself clearly and surprisingly through the availability of Manuela’s mission both in the experience of Tunis and also in service to the Holy Father. Her sacrifice will renew in us all the truth of our ‘yes’ because Christ’s victory is becoming more and more in our hearts. Don Giussani, beseech the Madonna for the gifts of eternal happiness for our friend and consolation for the Pope.”
The press office of the CL
Milan, November 24, 2010
Prayers for her family. And for the Pope too, as he grieves the loss of one of his staffers.
How tragic and sad. Prayers to her family and friends.