{"id":51984,"date":"2025-12-04T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=51984"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:21:07","slug":"beatified-congolese-martyr-highlights-precious-witness-of-laity-youth-pope-leo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/beatified-congolese-martyr-highlights-precious-witness-of-laity-youth-pope-leo-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Il martire congolese beatificato mette in luce la \u201cpreziosa testimonianza dei laici e dei giovani\u201d, dice Papa Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Scenes from the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese martyr, in Rome on Sunday, June 15, 2025. In a Monday, June 16, audience with pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who traveled for the beatification of Bwana Chui at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Holy Father said: \u201cThis Congolese layman highlights the precious witness of the laity and young people.\u201d \/ Credit: Vatican Media ACI Africa, Jun 18, 2025 \/ 11:57 am\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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In a Monday, June 16, audience with pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who traveled for the beatification of Bwana Chui at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Holy Father said: \u201cThis Congolese layman highlights the precious witness of the laity and young people.\u201d \/ Credit: Vatican Media ACI Africa, Jun 18, 2025 \/ 11:57 am\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":71112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-51984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21143,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/here-is-the-miracle-that-now-paves-the-way-for-pier-giorgio-frassatis-canonization\/","url_meta":{"origin":51984,"position":0},"title":"Here is the miracle that now paves the way for Pier Giorgio Frassati\u2019s canonization","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches \"to the heights.\u201d \/ Public Domain Vatican City, Nov 25, 2024 \/ 12:45 pm (CNA). 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