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by bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Archbishop Domenico Battaglia, Archdiocese of Naples, Catholic news, Europe, Mafia, News, News Briefs, St. Januarius | 0 |
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Rome Newsroom, Sep 19, 2022 / 04:46 am (CNA).
The blood of Saint Januarius liquefied on Monday at a Mass in Naples, where the archbishop sharply condemned the city’s “cancerous mafia…
by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Archdiocese of Milan, Italy, lead, Mafia, News, News Analysis, Youth | 0 |
Legendarily, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to “meet people where they are,” not waiting for them to walk through the doors of a church but rather carrying the faith to the streets.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 23, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Mafia, News, organized crime, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
The church must stand with the weakest who are often prey to corruption, violence and fear brought on by the Mafia and organized crime syndicates, Pope Francis said.
Read MoreROME – Pope Francis told a group of priests that he doesn’t want to see “grandma’s lace” when Mass is celebrated, saying that although “paying homage” to grandma is good, “it is better to celebrate the Holy Mother Church.” Speaking to the priests and bishops of the Italian island of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 3, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, Mafia, News, Sicily | 0 |
A second diocese in Sicily, where the Mafia has had a significant presence for decades, announced a temporary ban on the naming of godparents for baptisms and confirmations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 14, 2021 | Emanuela Orlandi, lead, Mafia, News, Vatican, Vatican trial, Vatican tribunal | 0 |
Rome’s former top prosecutor has given an interview in which he apparently offers new details on the investigation surrounding the unsolved disappearance of the daughter of a Vatican employee.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2021 | Baptism, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in Italy, Catholic news, Confirmation, Europe, Free Access, Godparents, Mafia, News, Sicily | 0 |
Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into full effect this month. Archbishop Salvatore Gristina of Catania has said that he decided to temporarily suspend the naming
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 29, 2021 | Alessandro Duddi, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Giuseppe Pignatone, lead, Mafia, monsignor alberto perlasca, News, News Analysis, Promoter of Justice, Rome, Vatican tribunal | 0 |
At the core of the trial is a showdown between the presiding judge and a prosecutor, both prominent legal figures on the Roman scene, who last butted heads in a long-running court battle over whether the city administration is infested by the mafia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Mafia, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Mafia, News, Vatican | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, Mafia, Naples, News | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 22, 2021 | Angelus, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Mafia, News, Pope Francis, Sunday Angelus, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis condemned the way the Mafia is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic by taking advantage of those in dire economic circumstances.
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