Enzo Piccinini, from Modena to Santiago del Cile

Between Modena and Santiago, Chile, there are 11,954 kilometers. Yet, Enzo has come this far. When a saint wants to make himself known, he always finds a way.

In 2023, Diego was choosing a university. During a Puente Alto parish vacation, he came across the famous video of Enzo Piccinini’s 1998 testimony. That video changed his life. “I want to be like that man,” he says struck by a passion for faith and life that captivates him to the core.

In 2024 he enrolled in medical school and began to study Enzo in depth, until he became almost an expert on him. He even has a photograph of him as a screensaver. His passion is contagious. Diego recounts Enzo’s life during the CLU vacation, and at the end of the meeting, everyone prays a prayer together to ask for his intercession.

At the final assembly, one freshman says, “As we prayed Enzo’s prayer, I definitely felt part of this friendship.”

Diego’s enthusiasm also involves other CLU friends-Victoria, Francisca, Ethyan, Mario, Francisco-and the idea of translating and presenting the exhibit on Enzo at the Encuentro Santiago on May 31, 2025 is born.

Many are impressed by this man who “ha hecho todo para ser feliz”.

Don Francesco Babbi