Whatever happens in the affairs of the world, some things don’t change for Christians: the recognition that the purpose of life is union with Christ, not worrying about who wins a political election. (I mention this as it seems that many Americans have been seeking therapy to cope with the stress of recent days.) Thus I was delighted to read that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati may be a step nearer canonisation after the healing of a young man's brain injury was attributed to his intercession.
Cristina Siccardi's new biography of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati has just been published by Ignatius. It tells the story of a privileged Italian youth, born into a wealthy family in 1901 (his father, Alfredo Frassati, was the founder and editor of Turin’s influential newspaper La Stampa) who died suddenly of polio in 1925.
