Italian Priest Killed by ‘Mentally Ill’ Tunisian Immigrant

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican, on Sept. 16, 2020. Yara Nardi/Reuters

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis on Wednesday paid tribute to an Italian priest killed by an immigrant suffering from mental illness.

Father Roberto Malgesini, 51, who cared for immigrants and other needy people in the northern city of Como, was found dead from a stab wound outside his residence on Tuesday morning.