John Paul II crucifix crushes man in northern Italy

[Coatimundi]

A terrible tragedy has occurred during what should have been a reverent, and joyous, event.

Part of the 30m-high (100ft) sculpture collapsed at a ceremony ahead of the Pope’s canonisation. John Paul II and his predecessor, Pope John XXIII, are due to be declared saints on Sunday.

The crucifix commemorates the Pope’s visit to the area in 1998.

The installation, near the town of Cevo, was designed as a large curved cross with a statue of Jesus Christ, weighing 600kg (1,320lb), fixed to the top.

A group of children were reported to be in attendance at the time.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27145931

Marco Gusmini was killed instantly and another man has been hospitalized. Please pray for them, their families, and the people who witnessed what happened.

 

[ClearWater]

A terrible tragedy has occurred during what should have been a reverent, and joyous, event.

Part of the 30m-high (100ft) sculpture collapsed at a ceremony ahead of the Pope’s canonisation. John Paul II and his predecessor, Pope John XXIII, are due to be declared saints on Sunday.

The crucifix commemorates the Pope’s visit to the area in 1998.

The installation, near the town of Cevo, was designed as a large curved cross with a statue of Jesus Christ, weighing 600kg (1,320lb), fixed to the top.

A group of children were reported to be in attendance at the time.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27145931

Marco Gusmini was killed instantly and another man has been hospitalized. Please pray for them, their families, and the people who witnessed what happened.

How tragic! I heard of a case where not a crucifix but something else, I think a baptismal font, fell on a child, years ago, killing it. The priest of that parish was devastated.