{"id":69642,"date":"2025-12-25T13:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=69642"},"modified":"2025-12-25T13:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:47:33","slug":"hero-of-the-confessional-father-carmelo-de-palma-beatified-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/hero-of-the-confessional-father-carmelo-de-palma-beatified-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019\u201ceroe del confessionale\u201d Padre Carmelo De Palma beatificato in Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Beato Carmelo De Palma. \/ Crediti: Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Redazione ACI Prensa, 18 nov 2025 \/ 07:00 (CNA).<\/p>\n

Padre Carmelo De Palma, sacerdote noto come l'\u201ceroe del confessionale\u201d, \u00e8 stato beatificato il 15 novembre a Bari, in Italia.<\/p>\n

Papa Leone XIV ha ricordato il nuovo beato durante l'Angelus del 16 novembre<\/a> in Piazza San Pietro, affermando che De Palma \u201c\u00e8 stato un sacerdote diocesano morto nel 1961 dopo una vita generosamente spesa nel ministero della confessione e dell'accompagnamento spirituale\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cPossa la sua testimonianza ispirare i sacerdoti a donarsi senza riserve al servizio del santo popolo di Dio\u201d, ha aggiunto.<\/p>\n

La Messa di beatificazione in Italia \u00e8 stata celebrata dal cardinale Marcello Semeraro, prefetto del Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi. Nella sua omelia nella cattedrale di Bari, il presule ha sottolineato che \u201cla spiritualit\u00e0, quando \u00e8 autentica, si coniuga sempre con la carit\u00e0 verso il prossimo\u201d, come riportato da<\/a> Vatican News.<\/p>\n

\u201cChe il nostro beato abbia vissuto questa fraternit\u00e0 sacramentale lo dimostrano sia le numerose testimonianze rese dai sacerdoti durante il processo di beatificazione e canonizzazione, sia la successiva dedizione dimostrata dal clero diocesano nel promuovere e sostenere questa causa\u201d, ha detto il cardinale.<\/p>\n

Ha inoltre osservato che molti fedeli hanno trovato in De Palma \u201cuna guida spirituale per progredire nella loro risposta personale a quella \u2018vocazione che ci unisce tutti come membri battezzati e vivi dell'unico popolo di Dio: ovvero, la vocazione alla santit\u00e0\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

De Palma, ha aggiunto Semeraro, \u00e8 stato \u201cper innumerevoli fedeli un ministro della riconciliazione e del perdono\u201d e \u201cuna guida chiara ed equilibrata\u201d per coloro che chiedevano il suo aiuto \u201cnel discernere la volont\u00e0 di Dio per la propria vita\u201d.<\/p>\n

Chi era Padre Carmelo De Palma?<\/h2>\n

De Palma era un sacerdote diocesano che ha dedicato la sua vita al ministero di confessore e alla direzione spirituale dei fedeli, dei sacerdoti, dei seminaristi e in particolare delle monache benedettine di Santa Scolastica a Bari, in Italia.<\/p>\n

\u00c8 nato il 27 gennaio 1876 a Bari. Rimasto orfano, \u00e8 entrato nel seminario della sua citt\u00e0 natale all'et\u00e0 di 10 anni. \u00c8 stato ordinato sacerdote a Napoli nel 1898.<\/p>\n

Il 17 giugno 1900 \u00e8 stato nominato cappellano della Basilica di San Nicola a Bari, dove ha prestato servizio celebrando la Messa, ascoltando le confessioni e incoraggiando varie iniziative pastorali.<\/p>\n

In seguito, la basilica \u00e8 stata affidata ai Padri Domenicani per ordine della Santa Sede e De Palma \u00e8 stato nominato direttore spirituale delle monache benedettine di Santa Scolastica a Bari, nonch\u00e9 degli Oblati di San Benedetto. <\/p>\n

Nel corso degli anni, la sua salute \u00e8 peggiorata gravemente a causa di colite cronica, arteriosclerosi cardiaca e progressiva perdita della vista. Nel febbraio 1961 ha celebrato la Messa pubblicamente per l'ultima volta e, a causa della malattia, ha continuato a celebrare l'Eucaristia nella sua stanza, dove ha continuato anche ad ascoltare le confessioni.<\/p>\n

\u00c8 morto a Bari il 24 agosto 1961 per insufficienza cardiaca. Il miracolo che ha portato alla sua beatificazione \u00e8 stato l'inspiegabile guarigione di una monaca benedettina <\/a>che aveva una grave lesione al midollo spinale che le impediva di camminare.<\/p>\n

Questa storia <\/em>\u00e8 stata pubblicata per la prima volta<\/em><\/a> di ACI Prensa, partner di notizie in lingua spagnola di CNA. \u00c8 stato tradotto e adattato da CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/267889\/hero-of-the-confessional-father-carmelo-de-palma-beatified-in-italy<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blessed Carmelo De Palma. \/ Credit: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). Father Carmelo De Palma, a priest known as the \u201chero of the confessional,\u201d was beatified Nov. 15 in Bari, Italy. Pope Leo XIV recognized the new blessed during the Nov. 16 Angelus in [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":72817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-69642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Hero-of-the-confessional-Father-Carmelo-De-Palma-beatified-in-Italy.webp?fit=665%2C445&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20885,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/church-beatifies-german-priest-who-was-executed-by-nazis-in-1944\/","url_meta":{"origin":69642,"position":0},"title":"Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany CNA Newsroom, Nov 21, 2024 \/ 12:00 pm (CNA).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Christian News"","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/webimage-bf3b2302-3d20-448c-900235f1f407c3fd.jpg?fit=800%2C532&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/webimage-bf3b2302-3d20-448c-900235f1f407c3fd.jpg?fit=800%2C532&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/webimage-bf3b2302-3d20-448c-900235f1f407c3fd.jpg?fit=800%2C532&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/webimage-bf3b2302-3d20-448c-900235f1f407c3fd.jpg?fit=800%2C532&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5513,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/pope-francis-advances-martyred-albanian-priests-along-path-to-sainthood\/","url_meta":{"origin":69642,"position":1},"title":"Pope Francis advances martyred Albanian priests along path to sainthood","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Giugno 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Father Luigi Paliq (left) and Father Gjon Gazulli were declared martyrs by Pope Francis on June 20, 2024. \/ Credit: Screen capture from aciprensa.com of photo courtesy of The Order of Friars Minor, Episcopal Conference of Albania Pope Francis on Thursday advanced the cause for sainthood for two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Christian News"","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&quality=69&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&quality=69&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&quality=69&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&quality=69&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&quality=69&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12516,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/these-are-the-14-people-who-will-be-canonized-saints-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":69642,"position":2},"title":"These are the 14 people who will be canonized saints this weekend","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Ottobre 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Elena Guerra, Marie-L\u00c3\u00a9onie Paradis, and Giuseppe Allamano are among the Blesseds whom Pope Francis will canonize on Oct. 20, 2024.\u00c2\u00a0 \/ Credit: Oblates of the Holy Spirit; 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