gangsters - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 27 May 2013 04:54:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg gangsters - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope calls on Mafia gangsters to convert to God https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/05/28/pope-calls-on-mafia-gangsters-to-convert-to-god/ Mon, 27 May 2013 19:02:12 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=44822 A day after the beatification of a Sicilian priest killed by the Mafia, Pope Francis called for "these gangsters" to convert to God. Father Giuseppe Puglisi, who was murdered by Sicilian Mafia in 1993, was beatified in Palermo on May 25. Shocked by his death and inspired by his example, many of Sicily's priests began Read more

Pope calls on Mafia gangsters to convert to God... Read more]]> A day after the beatification of a Sicilian priest killed by the Mafia, Pope Francis called for "these gangsters" to convert to God.

Father Giuseppe Puglisi, who was murdered by Sicilian Mafia in 1993, was beatified in Palermo on May 25.

Shocked by his death and inspired by his example, many of Sicily's priests began to follow his methods of winning people away from the influence of the Mafia mob.

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