Rome, Italy, Aug 1, 2007 / 08:29 am
A 60 year-old Italian man ran an extensive marathon covering ten countries in order to pray before the tomb of Father Mateo Ricci, the Jesuit priest who began the evangelization of China.
The journey of Ulderico Lambertucci will be featured on Italian television starting August 5. Viewers will be able to follow Lambertucci on the satellite, Sat2000—which belongs to the Church in Italy—as he runs through Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Moldavia, the Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and other countries until he reaches China.