NEW DELHI, July 5 -- He was like any other modern youth: fun-loving, going for films with his friends and even loving a girl. Today he is called a model for modern youth. Why?
Pier Giorgio Frassati was born to affluent parents on April 6, 1901 in Turin, Italy. His father Alfred was an agnostic and was active in national politics, served in the senate, became Italian ambassador to Germany and owned two noted liberal newspapers. His mother was a renowned painter and saw to the Christian upbringing of her son and a daughter. Frassati was first educated at home, then at a state school and finally in a Jesuit-run institution. To the disappointment of his illustrious parents, he didn't fare well in his formal studies.
As a teenager, Frassati wa...