25 May 2013
Updated at 06:04 ET
'Mafia martyr' Don Giuseppe Puglisi beatified in Sicily
The BBC's David Willey: "This is a strong statement not only from the Catholic Church, but from Rome"
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More than 50,000 people have attended the beatification of Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the mafia in 1993.
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