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The Vatican has beatified a Congolese government worker who was killed for resisting corruption, giving young people in a part of the world racked by violence a new model of holiness.

Dakar: In a huge political crisis in Congo with rebels capturing the strategic city of Goma, marking a sharp escalation of one of the longest ongoing wars in Africa.

Marie Juudi, also present at the Mass, said she encourages young people in Goma and across Congo to follow Kositi’s example. “He rejected corruption in order to save lives.