Moments before his death after being shot by Sicilian mobsters, Judge Rosario Livatino said: “But what have I done to you?” His final words echoing Jesus Christ on the cross: “O my people, what have I done to you?” as celebrated in some Good Friday liturgies. The same words appear in the Old Testament, pronounced by God in Micah 6:3.

“Like Jesus, Judge Livatino died forgiving his murderers,” said Cardinal Marcelo Semeraro during the beatification ceremony of May 9, 2021, at the Cathedral of Agrigento in Sicily. Cardinal Semeraro is the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.