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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Justin Kabumba and Mark Banchereau

Catholics in Congo honor an anti-corruption martyr newly beatified by the Vatican

Congo Beatification - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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.

Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered at Saint Joseph Cathedral to pay tribute to Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, who was kidnapped and killed in 2007 by unidentified assailants after he refused to allow rancid rice from neighboring Rwanda to be transported across the border.

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