The fire in a nursing home earlier
this month that left six people dead and dozens needing medical
attention for smoke inhalation is a misfortune that is "beyond
comprehension", Milan Archbishop Mario Delpini told mourners
during the victims' funeral in Milan cathedral on Friday.
"This celebration, in its austere solemnity, is not some kind of
pathetic gesture of compensation for a misfortune that is beyond
comprehension," said Delpini.
"Rather, it is the dramatic encounter between the city's moved
pity and insuperable impotence and the Word that speaks with an
authority that is too high for any human word," he continued.
Pity and impotence when they enter the church can become a
question, a prayer. What happened that night? Human thought goes
astray; home, life is devastated; institutions are powerless,"
added Delpini.
Nadia Rossi, Laura Blasek, Mikhail Duci, Anna Garzia, Loredana
Labate and Paola Castoldi were among 167 residents at the Casa
per Coniugi (House for Spouses) home owned by Milan municipality
but run by the social cooperative Proges on the night of July 7,
when the fire broke out allegedly after a mattress caught fire.
Several people including the director of the rest home have been
placed under investigation for alleged homicide, culpable bodily
harm and causing a fire.
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