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Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi

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Congolese Martyr Beatified on June 15 “highlights precious witness” of Laity, Youths: Pope Leo XIV

Jun 17, 2025

Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, the Congolese martyr Beatified in Rome on Sunday, June 15, provides a powerful testament to the invaluable witness of the Laity and youths, Pope Leo XIV has said.

Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele during the 9 June 2025 press conference ahead of the planned beatification of the Servant of God Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Goma

“A source of pride”: Catholic Bishop on Upcoming Beatification of DR Congo’s “martyr of honesty, moral integrity”

Jun 10, 2025

The planned beatification of the Servant of God Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, acknowledged as “a martyr of honesty and moral integrity”, brings pride to the people of God in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), especially his native Catholic Diocese of Goma, the Local Ordinary has said.    

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