(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 16 - Pope Francis on Wednesday paid tribute to Don Roberto Malgesini, a priest who was stabbed to death by a homeless foreign national with mental-health problems in Como on Tuesday.
"I wish to remember Don Roberto Malgesini, a priest from the Como dioceses who was killed yesterday morning by a person he helped, a person ill in the head," Francis said during his weekly general audience.
The pope prayed for the priest after his "martyrdom". (ANSA).
Pope Francis pays tribute to priest who was stabbed to death
Pope prays for Don Roberto Malgesini after 'martyrdom'