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New church in Sicily dedicated to Mafia victim

August 11, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: A new church in the diocese of Cefalu will be dedicated to Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi, a priest who was killed by Mafia gunmen in 1993.

Bishop Giuseppe Marciante of Cefalu announced that the church will be built on a site that Italian law-enforcement officials confiscated from the Mafia. The church will also honor Rosario Livatino, a magistrate who was another Mob assassination victim.

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