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Re: Pope Francis 'excommunicates' mafia
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You're back?! Oh God save my eyes! You're a good poster, LI. Pay him no mind. That's what he wants. In doing so you'll make him as unimportant on the Internet as he is in real life. And I have a feeling that that's really saying something.
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Re: Pope Francis 'excommunicates' mafia
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You're back?! Oh God save my eyes! You're a good poster, LI. Pay him no mind. That's what he wants. In doing so you'll make him as unimportant on the Internet as he is in real life. And I have a feeling that that's really saying something. Yea, you're right PB. It's just kind of amazing how some people just talk out of their ass.
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Re: Pope Francis 'excommunicates' mafia
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He's gone, along with his shadow. Lol
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Re: Pope Francis 'excommunicates' mafia
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This is a long way from the Papal blessing the Joe Bonanno had guaranteeing him ascension into heaven upon his death...anyone know what pope signed off on that? I hope he got that in writing and notarized. Saint Peter is a stickler for signatures.
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Re: Pope Francis 'excommunicates' mafia
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Italian church procession honours mafia boss, defies Pope Francis A member of the 'ndrangheta mafia syndicate was honoured by a local church
By: Frances D’Emilio The Associated Press, Published on Sun Jul 06 2014 ROME—In apparent defiance of Pope Francis, a church procession detoured from its route through a southern Italian town to honour a convicted mobster under house arrest.
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Sunday denounced the tribute in Oppido Mamertina, a Calabrian town and ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate stronghold, as “deplorable and disgusting.” He praised three Carabinieri policemen who abandoned the procession in disapproval.
On June 21, Francis, visiting Calabria, denounced the ‘ndrangheta for its “adoration of evil” and said its members were excommunicated. The July 2 procession included clergy, the mayor, parents pushing baby strollers and dozens of local men carrying on their shoulders an ornate Madonna statue. Carabinieri officer Andrea Marino said he and his fellow officer walked away from the procession after the detour and headed to the church to complain about what had happened.
One of Calabria’s anti-Mafia prosecutors, Nicola Gratteri, told The Associated Press that the detour to the mobster’s house appeared to be a “challenge to the diktat” of Francis. ‘Ndrangheta, a global cocaine trafficker, is one of the world’s most powerful crime syndicates. Religious rituals hold an important place in the mobsters’ mentality. Oppido Mamertino’s bishop, Monsignor Francesco Milito, said he would take undescribed “measures” against those exploiting the church procession to pay homage to the 82-year-old local boss. The mobster, because of his age, was allowed to serve out a life sentence at home for murder.
Elsewhere in southern Italy, other ‘ndrangheta members appeared to have paid attention to the Pope’s words, but perhaps not in the way he intended. Another bishop, Monsignor Giancarlo Bregantini, told Vatican Radio Sunday that some 200 inmates in the maximum-security section of Larino prison told their chaplain they would boycott Mass, reasoning that if they were excommunicated it made no sense for them to attend anymore.
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