Kidnapped Italian missionary priest Giancarlo Bossi was released last week, and will be returning to Italy in August

His deepest desire is to “be able to embrace my people”, but it will also be wonderful to “see my family again”. Before his return to Italy, Fr. Bossi will undergo further medical tests, to exclude any physical consequences of his 39 day sequester in the forest.

To mark the youth gathering in Loreto, due to take place early September, the Italian missionary may even personally greet Benedict XVI and give a witness account his experience as a missionary to the crowds of  young people: “It would be a truly marvellous moment: I have never met the Pope it would really have great meaning for me”.