Pope Francis has written a letter to Archbishop Corrado Lorefice of Palermo to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Blessed Pino Puglisi, the martyred Sicilian anti-mafia priest.
On Sunday Pope Francis praised the life and testimony of Italian Father Pino Puglisi thirty years after he was gunned down over his vocal opposition to the mafia and his efforts to save youth from organized crime.
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