Pope Francis likens 1990 killing of ‘boy judge’ Rosario Livatino to a hate crime against Catholic faith
An Italian judge who was killed by gunmen in the Sicilian mafia in 1990 will be beatified as a martyr, the Vatican has announced.
In a decree of martyrdom published on Tuesday, Pope Francis wrote that Rosario Livatino had been murdered for his faith, and likened his killing to a hate crime against the Catholic faith.
