from Open Book Archbishop Bertin said in his address.
"Her life shows that a new earth is possible, that a new Somalia is possible," Bertin said, adding it was probably no coincidence a Somali bodyguard died with her.
"The death of an Italian with a Somali, a European with an African, a white with someone almost black, a Christian with a Muslim, a woman with a man, tells us that it is possible to live together as we die together," he added.
Sgorbati, 65, had worked for the Consolation order since 1963, spending three decades in Kenya before transferring to Somalia where she taught nursing at the SOS children's hospital.
Often warned of the threat, the nuns had in the past also suffered a kidnapping and bomb. "I hope Sister Leonella will be the last of the martyrs for Somalia,"
"The death of an Italian with a Somali, a European with an African, a white with someone almost black, a Christian with a Muslim, a woman with a man, tells us that it is possible to live together as we die together," he added.
Sgorbati, 65, had worked for the Consolation order since 1963, spending three decades in Kenya before transferring to Somalia where she taught nursing at the SOS children's hospital.
Often warned of the threat, the nuns had in the past also suffered a kidnapping and bomb. "I hope Sister Leonella will be the last of the martyrs for Somalia,"
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