A FEW weeks ago, I was invited to the public presentation of a new book. I was sort of dragged along to the event by one of my fellow friars, not knowing anything about the publication let alone its author...
I FIRST became acquainted with Dr. Gianfranco Recher after one of the Masses in the Basilica, and we eventually became friends. We used to meet about once a week to talk about spirituality, but also about our work and family matters, as friends do.
THE NEWS of the sudden death of my dear friend and Franciscan brother Fr. Enzo Poiana, the Rector of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, was a bolt out of the blue.
