The Bishop of Caserta, Monsignor Pietro Lagnese, who officiated the funeral in the Church of the Holy Spirit in San Marco Evangelista: "Forgive us, Gennaro, we are all guilty. Forgive us, may the blood shed by Gennaro not be in vain. Pointing the finger solely at the culprit would be hypocritical. It is right to ask ourselves if we have done our part."
Alongside the bishop were Don Ferdinando Latino, Don Giuseppe Di Bernardo and Don Maurizio Patriciello , who came from Caivano, the city of Gabriel, Genny's peer who put an end to a life with that blow, ruining another forever.
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"The culprit can't be just one person, that would be too hypocritical. There are many of us to blame. When things like this happen, perhaps the right attitude is to ask ourselves if we have done our part ," said the bishop of Caserta, Pietro Lagnese.
The church was full, the participation of the city community was great and it gathered around the young man and his family: friends of the 18 year old were standing in front of the altar, almost surrounding the coffin, and they were wearing a white t-shirt with Gennaro's photo printed on the chest, while on the coffin, to remember the great passion of the victim for sport, a boxing suit had been placed. Great emotion but also composure.
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"Gennaro's blood must not be wasted, but must give rise to young people who say no to violence, bullying, and indifference. Who say no to the idea of walking around with a knife in their pocket ," the bishop concluded.
At the end of the Mass, the mayor of San Marco Evangelista, Gabriele Cicala , announced from the altar that "the municipality will join the civil action, not out of a sense of revenge, but for justice and so that these things never happen again ." Also present at the funeral were the mayor of Caserta, Carlo Marino , who, like Cicala, declared a day of mourning for the city for today, as well as a representative of the municipality of Caivano, a town in the Naples area where the 19-year-old GI, currently in prison for Gennaro's murder, resides.
As the coffin came out, there was applause from those present while friends released white balloons into the air.
