” “The death of Sister Leonella, killed together with her bodyguard, Mohamed Mahamodu, Muslim and Somali, father of four children, is the evidence "that it is possible to live together and die together", said Msgr. Giorgio Bertin today. He is bishop of Djibuti and apostolic administrator of Mogadishu. He spoke those words during the homily at the funeral of Sister Leonella Sgorbati, the Consolata missionary killed in Mogadishu (Somalia) last Sunday while she was going out of “SOS”, the children’s hospital. The ceremony took place in Nairobi (Kenya), at the Consolata parish, and the corpse was buried in the cemetery of the Nazareth Sisters, in the suburbs of the capital of Kenya, following the desire of Sister Leonella. She worked in Kenya for over thirty years. A huge crowd took part in the funeral, together with numerous Italian, Somali and Kenyan authorities. Msgr. Bertin invited everybody to understand the positive lesson emerged from the life of Sister Leonella, who dedicated all her life to the poor. "Her life, he said, shows us that a new land is possible; that a new Somalia is possible". "I hope Sister Leonella, he concluded, is the last martyr in Somalia". Her sisters decided to remain in Somalia. ” “
