Mafia

Vatican creates group to study separating mafia from Church

On: May 10, 2021

Vatican City: The Vatican’s human development office has created a working group on the topic of the expulsion of criminal organizations from the Catholic Church. The group was created in honor of Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge killed by the mafia in Sicily in 1990, who was beatified in theContinue Reading

Pope denounces Mafia’s exploitation of pandemic

By: Matters India

On: March 27, 2021

In: International

Pope Francis has condemned the way the Mafia is exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic by taking advantage of those in dire economic circumstances. Marking Italy’s recent national day of remembrance for victims of the Mafia, the pope accused members of organised crime groups of “enriching themselves through corruption,” and he urgedContinue Reading