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Vittorio Smiley

Italy
Blessed
January 7, 1934, Villaverla, Vicenza - November 28, 1964, Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo
Liturgical memory 28 November
Date of beatification 18 August 2024
Religious - Xaverian Missionary
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In AC Youth group leader for Catholic Action.
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Pope Francis, Angelus 18 August 2024

"Today, in Uvira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luigi Carrara, Giovanni Didoné and Vittorio Faccin, Italian Xaverian missionaries, were beatified, together with Albert Joubert, a Congolese priest, killed in that country on 28 November 1964. Their martyrdom was the crowning achievement of a life spent for the Lord and for their brothers. May their example and their intercession foster paths of reconciliation and peace for the good of the Congolese people. "

Pope Francis to the members of the National Council of AC Italiana, 30 April 2021

The history of your Association
it is made up of many “saints next door” – many! –,
and it is a story that must continue:
holiness is a heritage to be guarded and a vocation to be welcomed.

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