Martyr in Congo

Fr. Louis Carrara: Truly, a Good Shepherd

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Fr. Louis Carrara - A Good Shepherd

Born at Cornale, Bergamo, Italy, on March 3, 1933
Killed at Baraka, D. R. Congo, on Nov. 28, 1964

Fr. Louis Carrara (2 years in Congo), Fr. John Didone' (6 years), and Br. Victor Faccin (3 years) faced the challenges of a civil war of former Congo. Br. Victor was shot at close range just outside of church in Baraka by an army officer. Hearing the commotion, Fr. Carrara, who was hearing confessions on that early afternoon, rushed out of church, and met his death, by the gun of the same general. The killing continued in Fizi, 30 miles north, where Fr. Didone' and diocesan priest Fr. Atanasio Joubert resided. It was Nov. 28th, 1964.

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