The mayor of Cosenza. Franz Caruso proclaimed the city mourning, for tomorrow, Thursday 14 August, for the disappearance of Father Fedele Bisceglia. The city mourning was proclaimed by the mayor, interpreting the common feeling of citizenship, of wanting to manifest the condolence of the entire Cosenza community in a tangible way and the proximity of the whole municipal administration for the disappearance of the Capuchin friar. In the provision Franz Caruso ordered the exhibition of the flags at half auction in all municipal locations, on the funeral day, scheduled for tomorrow, August 14, at 10, in the church of the SS Crocifisso of the reform. The mayor also addressed an invitation to the owners of commercial activities and public businesses, and to the organizers of events and initiatives of all kinds, to avoid putting in place, in conjunction with the performance of the funeral ceremony, behaviors that contrast with the spirit of the city mourning.
Mayor Franz Caruso expressed his profound emotion on his social channels for the disappearance of Father Fedele Bisceglia. “Today – wrote Franz Caruso – is a sad day for the city of Cosenza. The disappearance of Father Fedele puts us in front of the reality of a great loss for all Cosentini and above all for all those – the last, the homeless, the non -EU citizens, the fragile people, who, thanks to his work of great altruism and generosity, felt welcomed, have found a house and that human warmth. Franz Caruso continued – a dear friend disappears, with whom I shared, in the courtrooms, witnessing him in the defense, a bitter experience and that he procured great suffering. The mayor Franz Caruso, who was outside the city, will return to Cosenza in the evening to visit the ardent room set up in the Chapel of the San Francesco-Oasis Franciscan house where, accompanied by the president of the city council Giuseppe Mazzuca, the seal of the city of Cosenza will hold in front of the coffin of Fedele, giving followed in this regard that, unfortunately, it was not possible to concretize with the friar in life, as a concrete sign. The important missionary work carried out for many years in favor of those who have populated and populate the area of discomfort.