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Pope Leo XIV approves beatification process for Luigi Di Liegro

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Pope Leo XIV has approved the start of a diocesan investigation into the life, virtues, and reputation for holiness of Luigi Di Liegro. The announcement was made during a diocesan assembly at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.

Di Liegro, who died in 1997, was a priest in the Diocese of Rome and the founder of Caritas Rome. He dedicated his ministry to supporting marginalized people, including migrants, the homeless, and those living with AIDS.

Bishop Guerino Di Tora, an auxiliary bishop emeritus of Rome who succeeded Di Liegro as director of Caritas Rome in 1997, said the start of the beatification and canonization process is a great joy for the Caritas community. Di Tora described Di Liegro as a man who taught others to get their hands dirty through his dedication to those in society's peripheries.

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Pope Leo XIV approves beatification process of Luigi Di Liegro

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Pope Leo XIV approves beatification process of Don Luigi Di Liegro

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How the coverage unfolded

  1. Sep 18, 9:20 AM Vatican News Italiano Leone XIV: approvo con gioia l’avvio della causa di canonizzazione di Di Liegro
  2. Sep 18, 10:24 AM RomaSette Italiano Il Papa: «Ho approvato la decisione di avviare la causa di beatificazione di don Di Liegro»
  3. Sep 18, 12:33 PM Avvenire Italiano Il Papa alla diocesi di Roma: «Seguite l'esempio di don Di Liegro». Al via la causa di beatificazione
  4. Sep 18, 9:00 AM Vatican News Italiano Don Di Liegro, il vescovo Di Tora: "santo" degli ultimi che bussava alle porte di tutti
  5. Sep 18, 10:15 AM Agenzia SIR Italiano Leone XIV: “essere solidali con il destino della città”
  6. Sep 18, 10:27 AM RomaSette Italiano Don Luigi Di Liegro: una vita spesa per i piccoli e i poveri
  7. Sep 18, 12:01 PM Vatican News Shqip Leoni XIV: me gëzim miratoj nisjen e procesit të kanonizimit të don Luigi Di Liegro
  8. Sep 19, 12:50 AM Famiglia Cristiana Italiano Papa Leone: «Roma sia una Chiesa che ascolta e serve la città. Al via la causa di canonizzazione di don Luigi Di Liegro
  9. Sep 19, 1:17 AM Vatican News Français Don Di Liegro, le «saint» des plus démunis qui frappait à toutes les portes
  10. Sep 19, 3:31 AM Vatican News Deutsch Vatikan: Untersuchung zur Seligsprechung von Don Di Liegro startklar
  11. Sep 20, 6:18 AM Niedziela Polski Papież zatwierdził rozpoczęcie procesu beatyfikacyjnego ks. Di Liegro
  12. Sep 19, 8:56 AM Vatican News 한국어 레오 14세 교황: 로마 교구 회의에서 디 리에그로 신부의 시성 절차 착수 승인
  13. Sep 20, 2:49 AM Opoka Polski „Święty” najuboższych – rozpoczął się proces beatyfikacyjny byłego dyrektora Caritas Rzym

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