Posts Tagged ‘Fr Salvatore Mellone’

Young priest dies of cancer weeks after ordination

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

A young Italian priest given special permission to be ordained two years before he finished his seminary studies has died of cancer. Fr Salvatore Mellone, 38, from Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie archdiocese, died on June 29, two and a half months after he was ordained. When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, the young priest was given special Read more