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Catholics in Congo honor an anti-corruption martyr newly beatified by the Vatican
- The remains of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi were moved to a cathedral in Goma during a special Mass, honoring his recent beatification by the Vatican.
- Kositi was killed in 2007 for refusing a bribe involving rancid rice from Rwanda, highlighting his fight against corruption.
- Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu described the beatification as a 'powerful wake-up call' for fighting corruption and building peace together amid ongoing conflict.
- Friends and community members expressed that Kositi's beatification provides a voice for the community, encouraging others to reject corruption as he did.
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Congolese Catholics honor their beatified martyr of ‘integrity and honesty’
(OSV News) — Hundreds of Catholics in Congo gave thanks for the recent Rome beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a customs official who was killed and tortured for refusing a bribe. On July 8, the remains of the young Congolese layman were transferred from the Kanyamuhanda public cemetery to St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Goma. “I thank the members of Floribert Bwana Chui (Bin Kositi’s) biological family … for agreeing to donate their s…
In the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a mass was held on Tuesday 8 July in Goma, in honour of Floribert Bwana Chui, beatified last month in Rome. A celebration on the occasion of the transfer of his remains to St. Joseph's Cathedral in Goma. Thousands of Catholic faithful made the trip.
Catholics in eastern Congo honor beatified anti-corruption martyr
Pope Francis recognized Floribert Bwana Kositi, a customs officer killed in 2007 for refusing a bribe, as a martyr of the faith late last year, setting him on the path to beatification and to possibly becoming Congo’s first saint
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Catholics in Congo honor an anti-corruption martyr newly beatified by the Vatican
The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and recently beatified by the Vatican were transferred from a public cemetery to a cathedral in Congo’s eastern city of Goma during a special Mass on Tuesday.
Congolese Catholics honor their beatified martyr of 'integrity and honesty'
(OSV News) — Hundreds of Catholics in Congo gave thanks for the recent Rome beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a customs official who was killed and tortured for refusing a bribe. On July 8, the remains of the young Congolese layman were transferred from the Kanyamuhanda public cemetery to St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Goma. “I thank the members of Floribert Bwana Chui (Bin Kositi’s) biological family … for agreeing to donate their so…
Three Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have blessed Corneille Nangaa, the coordinator of the AFC/M23 coalition fighting President Tshisekedi. Those who laid their hands on Nangaa’s forehead were: the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu; the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Goma, Bishop Willy Ngumbi; and Bishop Leonard Kakudji of the Diocese of Kamin…
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