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Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS
DECEMBER 22, 2020 10:47 AM UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was a martyr for the faith and could be beatified, or declared “Blessed”.
Livatino, who was a devout Roman Catholic, was gunned down after a Mafia hit squad ran his car off the road as he was driving on a Sicilian highway.
Known as the “boy judge” because he looked younger than his 37 years, Livatino had led many investigations into the mob at a time when Sicilian clans were involved in a full-blown war.
The decree of martyrdom proposed by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints and approved by the pope means there is no need for a miracle to be attributed to Livatino’s intercession with God for him to be beatified.
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DECEMBER 22, 2020 10:47 AM UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was a martyr for the faith and could be beatified, or declared “Blessed”.
Livatino, who was a devout Roman Catholic, was gunned down after a Mafia hit squad ran his car off the road as he was driving on a Sicilian highway.
Known as the “boy judge” because he looked younger than his 37 years, Livatino had led many investigations into the mob at a time when Sicilian clans were involved in a full-blown war.
The decree of martyrdom proposed by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints and approved by the pope means there is no need for a miracle to be attributed to Livatino’s intercession with God for him to be beatified.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/pope-mafia/pope-decrees-italian-judge-murdered-by-mafia-can-be-beatified-idUSKBN28W21V
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Source: Catholic News Agency
Judge killed by mafia to be beatified
By Courtney Mares
Vatican City, Dec 22, 2020 / 06:30 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Rosario Livatino, a judge who was brutally killed by the mafia on his commute to work at a courthouse in Sicily thirty years ago.
The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints announced Dec. 22 that the pope had approved a decree of Livatino’s martyrdom “in hatred of the faith,” paving the way for the judge’s beatification.
Before his murder at the age of 37 on Sept. 21, 1990, Livatino spoke as a young lawyer about the intersection between the law and faith.
“The duty of the magistrate is to decide; however, to decide is also to choose... And it is precisely in this choosing in order to decide, in deciding so as to put things in order, that the judge who believes may find a relationship with God. It is a direct relationship, because to administer justice is to realize oneself, to pray, to dedicate oneself to God. It is an indirect relationship, mediated by love for the person under judgment,” Livatino said at a conference in 1986.
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By Courtney Mares
Vatican City, Dec 22, 2020 / 06:30 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Rosario Livatino, a judge who was brutally killed by the mafia on his commute to work at a courthouse in Sicily thirty years ago.
The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints announced Dec. 22 that the pope had approved a decree of Livatino’s martyrdom “in hatred of the faith,” paving the way for the judge’s beatification.
Before his murder at the age of 37 on Sept. 21, 1990, Livatino spoke as a young lawyer about the intersection between the law and faith.
“The duty of the magistrate is to decide; however, to decide is also to choose... And it is precisely in this choosing in order to decide, in deciding so as to put things in order, that the judge who believes may find a relationship with God. It is a direct relationship, because to administer justice is to realize oneself, to pray, to dedicate oneself to God. It is an indirect relationship, mediated by love for the person under judgment,” Livatino said at a conference in 1986.
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Read more: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/judge-killed-by-mafia-to-be-beatified-65581
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