Vatican City (Vatican), 15 September (LaPresse) – On 15 September 1993, the Mafia murdered Don Pino Puglisi in Palermo. The murder took place on his 56th birthday. Don Pino Puglisi was beatified in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI, in 2012, granted the promulgation of the decree of beatification for martyrdom in odium fidei.