(ANSA) - MILAN, OCTOBER 10 - "I cried hearing the bells of the Duomo of Crema". Father Gigi Maccalli, freed two days ago in Mali, said this in the moving voice message sent to the bishop of Crema Daniele Gianotti, who made the bells ring in celebration for the priest's release. Bells that Father Maccalli was able to hear thanks to a connection with his nephew.
"I thought of you every day, I knew - said Father Maccalli - that I could count on your prayers and that was my strength and I also think the key to this story that kept me a prisoner of Al Qaeda in the desert of the Sahara for more than two years. but finally I'm free again and I don't want to say my thanks to everyone ". (HANDLE).