Enzo Bianchi, the founder of the monastic community of Bose born in 1965 in Biella, died at the age of 83. A monk, prolific essayist, expert in Sacred Scriptures, founder of Edizioni Qiqajon, Bianchi had left the leadership of the monastic community of which he was prior in 2017. Since then, he had progressively withdrawn also due to health problems. Born in 1943 in Castel Boglione, in the Asti area, he was a spiritual reference point for entire generations.
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An important figure of the post-Vatican II Council, recognized as a man of prayer and peace, Bianchi last appeared in the public scene last May when he presented a volume by Father Antonio Spadaro, secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and former director of Civiltà Cattolica, in Turin. Recently, among other topics, he addressed the theme of the Mass with the ancient rite, debating with other theologians and Church historians while always maintaining positions defending the Council and its reforms.
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In 2017, he suffered greatly from the conflict that arose with Pope Francis, who wanted a physiological change in the leadership of the Community to avoid what, according to Bergoglio, were excessive concentrations of power. After a long back and forth, he finally decided to obey the Pontiff and then founded a new community, the Casa di Madia in Albiano d’Ivrea, remaining a reference point for the progressive Church with numerous media interventions, especially in the newspaper La Stampa.
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