In Elmas , in the oratory of San Sebastiano, a moving farewell to Francesca Deidda , the woman killed eight months ago by her husband Igor Sollai.
A final farewell with hundreds of people, including many mayors of the metropolitan city of Cagliari.
The bishop of Cagliari, Giuseppe Baturi, officiated the ceremony. Also present were the woman's relatives accompanied by the lawyer Gianfranco Piscitelli, who assisted Francesca's brother, Andrea, during the research and investigation phase, and also Ignazio Sollai , the father of the confessed criminal.
Upon its arrival, before the ceremony, the coffin was greeted with great and moving applause.
"God is with us, the Lord is with us, we are not abandoned," said Bishop Baturi at the beginning of his homily to comfort Francesca's family and friends. " Affection is never possession and a person cannot be treated for any reason as an object to be taken, possessed, discarded and destroyed . And this often happens. Never possessiveness, dedication, never coercion, willingness to sacrifice oneself, never personal violence. Love is true, let's say it out loud . Let's try to say it to our children - one of the main passages of the bishop's homily -. We need an educational pact that puts the person and his activity at the center, a sort of alliance for life, for young people and for love." "Of course, to live such a free and respectful love that is his truth - continues Baturi - everything else is a deformation of love. We need hope, only those who hope love . We need infinite hope because eternal life can compose everything."
And then, from the pulpit, the heartbreaking memory read - with a voice broken by tears - by a colleague , on behalf of all the other workmates of the 42-year-old: «We have believed and will continue to believe in justice, divine and earthly», accompanied by a thank you to Francesca «for everything you have transmitted to us, for the beautiful person you are, because for us you will always be our colleague. We love you».
Upon leaving the church, the last farewell to the coffin, with another great, great round of applause.