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Blood feud in Godrano: 3P's first parish
When Padre Pino Puglisi was given the tiny parish of Godrano, a mountaintop village nearly 2500 feet above sea level, he didn’t complain...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Feb 21, 20246 min read
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A modern-day Gandhi
by Sue May 20, 2019 Fratel Biagio chose the square where Padre Puglisi was murdered in 1993 to stage his hunger strike, and camped out by...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20212 min read
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Brother Biagio Conte
by Alessandro Cannavò February 27, 2019 Translated from the original, here The following article tells the story of Biagio Conte, a lay...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20216 min read
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“My religion teacher”
by Enza Maria Mortellaro November 18, 2018 Translated from the original, here He was my dearest friend. A gentle friend, who was able to...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20214 min read
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Mass with the Pope
by Sue September 24, 2018 Waiting in line on Palermo’s Corso Vittorio Emmanuele among thousands of groups of young people, whole parishes...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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Snapshot of 3P, first mafia martyr
by Sue September 7, 2018 From ‘Se ognuno fa qualcosa si può fare molto’, edited by Francesco Deliziosi: “He had big ears, big hands and...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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3P, the Musical
by Sue September 5, 2018 On 14th September (the night before the anniversary of Padre Puglisi’s death) the musical L’amore salverà il...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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“Poor priest who died for the poor”
by Francesco Deliziosi (published in Giornale di Sicilia, 27 May 2018) June 13, 2018 See original here Pope Francis would have liked a...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20215 min read
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Visit of Pope Francis for Father Puglisi’s 25th anniversary
by Sue May 29, 2018 It has recently been confirmed that Pope Francis will be in Sicily on 15th September, for the 25th anniversary of...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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Charity and mercy, Palermitan values
by Enzo Scalia December 16, 2017 There is a typical Palermitan way of relating to other people. It is expressed in the local term...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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"Last song for Puglisi"
by Sue December 4, 2017 The video below was made by Giampiero Tre Re and features a stunning ‘visual biography’ of Padre Pino. The...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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Immaculate Mary
by Sue December 8, 2017 “Let us place ourselves, our families, our parish under Mary’s protection, let us depend upon her, let us give...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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What 3P meant to us
by Enzo Scalia December 9, 2017 His friends affectionately called him ‘Padre Pino Puglisi’, or 3P for short, though officially, to the...
Sue Alexander-Barnes
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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