The Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, with a life of service to the Gospel, receives a well-deserved recognition
On the occasion of Father's Day, Msgr. Tito Solari, Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, was recognized by the people of the city, who wanted to express their gratitude to him for his work of more than forty years in favor of Bolivia’s most vulnerable men, women and children.
In the celebration to honor Msgr. Solari, the mayor of Cochabamba, Mr. José María Leyes, described the former archbishop as the “spiritual father of Cochabamba”: “Monsignor Tito has been a father, because he has learned to teach his flock. He has also been a father during hard times in the recent history of our city”, he said.
At the commemorative event, the Emeritus Archbishop, a native of Italy, said: “There is something that has been difficult for me to recognize; when it was my turn to leave my parish, I felt like my heart was breaking: there I understood that this was the feeling that a father has for his child”.
Archbishop Solari promoted multiple apostolic and social initiatives during his years as pastor of the Archdiocese of Cochabamba. Among them, the homes for street children and teenagers, such as Casa San José, founded in 2004 by the Community of Saint Paul at the request of the archbishop. Street children have always been one of Msgr. Tito's greatest concerns.
