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- Jun 21, 2021
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Pope meets with child-victim of Camorra shootout, condemns mafia
- Jun 8, 2021
The mafia destroys hope and tramples people’s rights, Pope Francis told a family whose young daughter was seriously injured during a Camorra hit job in Naples.
Priests finding solace in sacred may be vulnerable to mafias, priest says
- May 14, 2021
Young members of the clergy who are tempted to avoid the complex realities of the world — finding solace and safety instead in the sacred — can be vulnerable to the illusions of the mafia, said the priest heading a new department on the Mafia and other criminal networks.
Vatican dicastery forms working group on ‘excommunication of mafias’
- May 10, 2021
Marking the beatification of an Italian judge murdered by the Mafia, a Vatican office announced the formation of a working group on “the excommunication of mafias.”
Judge slain in Sicily by mafiosi put on path to sainthood
- May 9, 2021
A magistrate slain by mobsters in Sicily and praised by two popes has been beatified by the Catholic church on Sunday in the last formal step before possible sainthood.
Naples archbishop orders removal of paintings donated by mafia boss
- Mar 31, 2021
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples ordered the removal from a church of two religious paintings that were donated by a mafia boss who led one of the prominent clans in the Camorra crime syndicate.
Pope denounces Mafia’s exploitation of pandemic
- Mar 22, 2021
Pope Francis condemned the way the Mafia is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic by taking advantage of those in dire economic circumstances.
Italian bishops embrace mission of reconciliation amid societal ‘fractures’
- Jan 27, 2021
The Italian bishops in their winter assembly have emphasized the need for reconciliation as citizens navigate current political upheaval, the rollout of anti-COVID vaccines, and an economic crisis forcing more and more people into the growing class of the “new poor.”
Mob threat in Italy imperils the Church and the Vatican too
- Jan 17, 2021
This week Italy opened the largest mob trial in history, with 325 defendants in the dock linked to the ‘Ndrangheta syndicate in the southern Italian region of Calabria.
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