The construction of the new addition has been possible thanks to the financing obtained by the Santina Foundation in Italy, which takes its name from Ginami’s mother, who died in 2012 due to an illness that left her disabled. Her condition influenced the Italian priest’s vocation.
Speaking with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Ginami explained that the foundation, created in 2015, also works in Vietnam, Kenya, Gaza, Iraq, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru.
He came to Colombia in 2022, where he learned about the project located in Silvania, which has the support of the archbishop of Bogotá, Luis José Rueda Aparicio, in order to take the Church to the existential peripheries, as requested by Pope Francis.
“Pope Francis tells us that the poor are the flesh of Jesus, as are the prisoners,” the Italian priest said.
Ginami said that he is already working on another project to build a soup kitchen for poor children in Bogotá.