Cardinal Bagnasco visits site of container ship crash-CathNews NZ

Cardinal Bagnasco visits site of container ship crash

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa has visited workers retrieving the bodies of those killed when a container ship collided into a control tower in the Italian port.

Besides offering support and prayers at the site of the crash, Cardinal Bagnasco also visited survivors in hospital, the Apostleship of the Sea reported.

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