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    Priest who defied Mafia is beatified in Sicily

    An Italian priest who stirred consciences with his anti-Mafia preaching and was gunned down by mobsters has been honored by the Vatican as a martyr.The Rev. Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was beatified in a ceremony Saturday in Palermo, the Sicilian capital where he worked in a mobster-infested, poor neighborhood.He was slain in 1993, a few months after Pope John Paul II visited Sicily and urged priests to rally the faithful against organized crime.Puglisi encouraged young people, often jobless and easily recruited by Cosa Nostra, to turn their backs on the mob.Beatification is the last formal step in the Catholic church's process before possible sainthood....

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      Pope John Paul II could become a saint by October as the Vatican looks into another possible miracle involving him, according to Italian media reports.To be canonize...

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    7. Poles gather to watch the beatification of their nation's beloved son, Pope John Paul II

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