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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Winfield,Justin Kambumba and Chinedu Asadu

Customs worker killed for refusing bribe could be Congo’s first saint

The Vatican has beatified a Congolese customs worker who was killed for refusing a bribe, offering young people in a country rife with corruption a new symbol of holiness.

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the head of the Vatican's saint-making office, presided over the beatification ceremony for Floribèrt Bwana Chui Bin Kositi at St. Paul Outside the Walls, one of Rome's basilicas, on Sunday.

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