The Catholic Church — especially in Italy — was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on Saturday, July 5.
Alarm was initially raised when he failed to celebrate Sunday Mass. Shortly after, his colleagues found the young priest dead in his parish residence in the town of Cannobio in the Italian region of Piedmont, part of the Diocese of Novara.
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