Renato Brucoli, publisher and journalist, passed away this morning at the age of 70. Active in the ecclesial sphere and fervent collaborator of Don Tonino Bello.
«I believe that Don Tonino Bello was born and never died. Or, if he is dead, I believe he lives in the Risen Lord. I say this because I think eternity belongs to him: he belongs to those who have made their existence a time of love”
These words, full of meaning and profound friendship, contain the essence of an unparalleled bond, which has always characterized his entire existence: the relationship with the Bishop with the Apron. Words that will never be able to fill that deep void that Renato leaves today not only in the hearts of his entire community, but of all those who were lucky enough to meet his gaze.
Biography of Renato Brucoli
Renato Brucoli (Terlizzi, 1954) was a publisher and journalist. Active in the ecclesial sphere, he collaborated with Don Tonino Bello by directing the religious information weekly of the diocese of Molfetta and the Caritas emergency sector, coinciding with the first and second exodus from Albania to Italy (March-August 1991) and for some micro-realizations in the healthcare sector in the “Land of Eagles”. In the civil sphere he expressed particular attention to the lack of development of urban suburbs and founded a political association of active citizenship. He also worked in the Murgia area of Bari for the demilitarization of the territory. Author and editor of biographical essays on Don Tonino Bello and other personalities of the twentieth century in Puglia, he directs the Alfabeti series for Edizioni Messaggero Padova. Editor in chief of the magazine Tracce, he collaborated on a monthly basis with the periodical La Nuova Città. He was press officer for the Accoglienza Senza Confini Terlizzi association which promotes the hospitality of Belarusian minors in Italy after Chernobyl. The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, for which he published a series of pedagogical notebooks on the adult-adolescent relationship, awarded him the Gold Medal for cultural merit. The Order of Journalists of Puglia awarded him the “Michele Campione” Award: in 2013 for the investigation into the environmental damage caused by a brick industry; in 2015 for the narration of the human and sporting story of Luca Mazzone, paracycling world champion.
Your memory, Renato, will always be vivid and will continue to be a precious testimony of life.
Saturday 27 April 2024
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