Standing up to the Mafia – Don Puglisi
Standing up to the Mafia - Don Puglisi
“I was expecting it.” With these words — his last — Don Puglisi confronted his fate. Why was he so certain that the Mafia would kill him?

Why did a parish priest working on the city’s margins pose such a threat to the most powerful criminal organisation in Italy? The answers come from those who knew him: nuns and priests who shared his mission, young people of Brancaccio once saved from the streets and now grown adults, journalists who chronicled the social and criminal context of Palermo, and Vatican officials who oversaw the process leading to his beatification.

Smiling at death, Don Puglisi accepted it with serenity and courage, fully aware of defying the Mafia — a martyr whose faith proved stronger than violence.

Cast and credits

Director: Simone Manetti

Production: Officina della Comunicazione, Rai Documentari

Contributions: Mons. Corrado Lorefice, Mons. Domenico Mogavero, Vincenzo Ceruso, Suor Carolina Iavazzo, Pino Martinez, Gregorio Porcaro, Bianca Stancanelli

Technical info

Runtime: 55′

Country: Italy



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