On Sunday Pope Francis recalled the recent beatification of a judge murdered by the Sicilian Mafia in 1990. His name was Rosario Livatino.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS FLASH<\/strong> To that end the Pope has launched a task force in honor of the former judge to formally excommunicate members of mafia groups, especially those who hide behind Christian imagery. <\/p>\n Previous popes have explicitly condemned the mafia on many occasions. <\/p>\n John Paul II did so during his trip to Sicily in 1993.<\/p>\n JOHN PAUL II<\/strong> Benedict XVI also condemned the mafia in Palermo. <\/p>\n BENEDICT XVI<\/strong> As did Pope Francis, during this meeting with victims of the Mafia. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The working group will gather material to formally excommunicate all mafia groups, including those linked to drug smuggling, human trafficking and crime, wherever they are active in the world. <\/p>\n JMB<\/p>\n TR: JM<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 10, 2021. The Pope is launching a task force in honor of Rosario Livatino, an Italian judge murdered by the Mafia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U_gk-VKvliw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapamafiaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapamafiaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>\u201cA martyr for justice and faith.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cMay his example be for everyone, especially for judges, encouragement to be faithful defenders of legality and freedom. A round of applause for the new Blessed!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n'In the name of Christ crucified and risen, of this Christ who is Way, Truth and Life, I address those responsible: 'Convert!' One day God's judgment will come!'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n'Do not yield to the suggestions of the Mafia, which is a way of death. It is incompatible with the Gospel, as your bishops have so often told you.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cConvert. You still have time to avoid ending up in hell. That is what awaits you if you continue on this path.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n