About the Author

Roberto Italo Zanini is an editor and writer for Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the Italian bishops. His articles have appeared in many Italian publications, both Catholic and nonreligious.

Reviews

Every story of sanctity is that of a person who takes her life whole - the gifts and the sorrows, wounds and wonders all - and opens to the grace of God. Such is the story of St. Josephine Bakhita told beautifully and with careful scholarship by Roberto Italo Zanini. By choosing Christ and choosing forgiveness, Bakhita illuminates the darkest shadows of the human condition with the transforming light of faith in the one true Master.
--Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., Prioress, Regina Laudis Abbey