A Congolese customs worker who resisted corruption is beatified by the Vatican
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Faithful wave flags during a ceremony for the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese man killed in 2007 for fighting corruption, in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)Faithful celebrate at the end of a ceremony for the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese man killed in 2007 for fighting corruption, in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)Faithful pray during a ceremony for the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese man killed in 2007 for fighting corruption, in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)Faithful wait for the start of a beatification ceremony of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese man killed in 2007 for fighting corruption, in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)The jacket that Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was wearing at the time of his assassination is carried as a relic by his brothers Jean-Claude, left, and Trsor, at the start of a ceremony for his beatification in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Faithful wave flags during a ceremony for the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese man killed in 2007 for fighting corruption, in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
