The mystery of the cardinal from Panama who suddenly disappeared on Tuesday has been partially solved. The Spanish cardinal and Augustinian missionary José Luis Lacunza, who had been missing for two days, has finally been located in a Panamanian province, 140 kilometers from his home, and seems to be in good health, although a little disoriented, according to Vida Nueva. Now the mystery of why he was absent for two days without telling anyone, causing alarm across the country, remains to be solved.
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The last time he was seen was on Tuesday when he left home without a cell phone and documents. Since then he had not been heard from and had not returned, triggering the alarm. His entourage yesterday, alarmed by a behavior described as abnormal, had raised the alarm and reported his disappearance to the police who immediately activated a massive device of agents to find him. Meanwhile, prayer groups were activated with the recitation of rosaries to invoke his finding.
'We are facing a delicate case, where there is a person's life at risk. What we can confirm at this moment is that we have an ongoing investigation' said the Attorney General of Panama, Javier Caraballo launching the investigations. Now that the cardinal has been found in good health, it remains to be understood what happened and what led him not to give his news for two days in a row. A patrol identified him in his car that had run out of fuel. The mystery continues as questions arise about his health.
Cardinal Lacunza was born in Spain in 1944, where he studied theology and became a priest and missionary. Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Panama and in 1994 always Pope Wojtyła chose him as Bishop of the diocese of Chitré and five years later in a constituency with many indigenous people.
He is the first Cardinal of Panama and also the first Cardinal in the centuries-old history of the religious Order of the Augustinians, whose foundation dates back to 1588.
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