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The pope pointed to the example of Bl. Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge killed by the mafia.
The Vatican’s human development office has created a working group on the topic of the expulsion of criminal organizations from the Catholic Church.
Soon-to-be Blessed Rosario Livatino was a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in Sicily in 1990. Today his legal legacy lives on through the work of a center in Italy dedicated to issues of life, the family, and religious freedom.
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.