Former head of Vatican Radio, Fr. Pasquale Borgomeo passes away

(July 3, 2009) Former director general of Vatican Radio, Jesuit priest Fr. Pasquale Borgomeo has passed away. He died Thursday afternoon in Rome at the age of 76 after a long illness. Fr. Borgomeo was born in Naples, Italy, in 1933. A Jesuit for 60 years, Fr. Borgomeo served Vatican Radio for 35 years, first as head of the central editorial board, then as director of programmes and finally as director general. He left Vatican Radio on Nov. 5^th, 2005. He was also engaged with the union of Italian Catholic Journalists. Gifted with a brilliant intellect, Fr. Borgomeo obtained a doctoral degree in patristic theology, specializing in St. Augustine, from the famed Paris university of Sorbonne. Remembered as an open and cordial man he exhibited great communicative skills, especially with his command over several languages, including English. His funeral is scheduled for Saturday morning at Rome’s Holy Spirit Church, next to the Jesuit headquarters in Rome, the community to which he belonged.