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parents to care for him during this time since he was unable to live alone and never married despite wanting to when he finished his education. In his life he wrote frequent letters but as his life went on could no longer use his arms and hands. To that end he had a device built that had a short pole attached to his mouth that he could direct so he could use touch the letters on his
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see the church of Santa Maria Nuova out of one of the small windows. His mother (who was devout) was responsible for his religious upbringing and he valued this later in life as he would later write about; she would call him "Luigino" with affection. His maternal grandmother also helped to raise him in his childhood; he would later recall her often giving him
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that
Vincenzo Porcelli managed and worked there for over five decades before retiring (which he found difficult to adjust to). The Rocchi's lived first in a suburban area in an apartment and then in the central district close to the cathedral. In his small house in the Tolentino neighborhood he could
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diocese on 17 October 1992 and was later closed on 22 April 1995 both under Bishop
Francesco Tarcisio Carboni. The process moved to Rome where the C.C.S. was given control of the cause. It issued a decree on 13 September 2009 validating the diocesan process as having conformed to the department's
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and to hear his confession. Alessandri once even accompanied Rocchi on a pilgrimage to Loreto while his mother accompanied him on a pilgrimage to
Lourdes in 1969. The Rocchi's relocated to a new home in Viale Vittorio Veneto 52 in the Santissimo Crocifisso parish in Tolentino. He relied on his
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in the 1970s until his death. In one such article in 1975 he said that "these are bestial times ... when God is excluded, the door is opened to the beast" in reference to unloving people and the need for people to love more. Rocchi heard a television report in 1971 detailing his disease which
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had written a letter to his mother in 1951 asking that he be kept at home in order to prevent further accidents in what ended Rocchi's schooling. He tried to enroll in two other schools but was rejected on the account of his condition. His passion for reading books of all sorts enabled him to
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The Rocchi's – when he was two in 1934 – relocated to the industrial
Tolentino area in the Macerata province where it was hoped that his father could find new work since his previous work at La Marchigiana failed resulting in workers out of a job. His father found work in Tolentino in the
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in case of emergencies. His nurse later recalled that Rocchi was an ideal patient because he cooperated with them. From 23 March he could no longer react or communicate with others and his condition became critical on 24 March. He died at around 10:00 pm on 26 March due to a
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prompted him to send a letter to his friend
Gabriella Bentivoglio (whom he met in 1963) asking for relevant data on that television piece since he had the disease it referred to. Bentivoglio transmitted his letter to Ettore Masina – a journalist from
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who often visited him). It made him a known figure in his hometown and the opposite of his childhood when his peers often mocked him for his weaknesses that he discerned became his strengths. He also knew and corresponded with Bishop (later cardinal)
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about his life and struggles which led to an immense light coming out of the crucifix and illuminating the room. This incident inspired him to accept his suffering despite his dislike of it and to transmit the messages in the
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to others to find God. This had transformed Rocchi from sadness and crisis to one of peace and a desire to do good for others and he would later reflect that "suffering made me realize that it is sweet to be loved".
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in Rome as the first of three children to
Francesco Rocchi (13.12.1906–30.7.1991) and Maria Pascucci (20.5.1910–???). His first home was in Via Assisi 29 in the Ognissanti parish where he received his
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in order to help raise him. His paternal grandparents were
Lorenzo Rocchi and Maria Pascolini and his maternal grandparents were Nazareno Pascucci and Augusta Pelliccioni. His father was born in
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for most of his life and was sometimes referred to as a "saint in a wheelchair". Rocchi exhibited signs of weakness in his limbs since his childhood but was not diagnosed until he was eight with
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that became a permanent fixture in his room. Rocchi also became part of the Rete Radié Resch network that the journalist and politician Ettore Masina co-founded alongside the French
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Nine theologians met and approved the cause on 16 June 2013 after reviewing the dossier as did the C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members on 18 February 2014. Rocchi became titled as
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People often came to see Rocchi at his home for brief catechesis lessons or for spiritual counsel or even just to give him their good wishes (it included his bishop and future
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so he was forced to abandon this. He enrolled in middle school in 1947 in
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in order to prepare for the latter event. He made his First
Communion on 8 September 1941. He completed school in June 1944 before making an effort to seek work and so tried
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for the remainder of his life. He had been visiting the
Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna at the time. In his adolescence he came into contact with members of the
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at the Ospedale Generale Provincale Macerata since 8 March 1979 due to a severe deterioration in his condition. He had fallen ill with
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