Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli, center, meets Pope Francis at the Vatican Nov. 9, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

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Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli, center, meets Pope Francis at the Vatican Nov. 9, 2020.

Fr. Maccalli noted that he shed many tears during his two years of captivity, describing them as his “bread” and his prayer “when I didn’t know what to say.”