Prosecutor warns of potential mob threat against pope

The Lead by Theresa Johnson  

 

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From Religion News Service:

Pope Francis could be at risk from the ‘Ndrangheta organized crime organization, according to a leading anti-mob prosecutor who has himself been the target of threats from the mafia.Nicola Gratteri, 55, a state prosecutor in the southern Italian region of Calabria, where the 'Ndrangheta is most active, said the pope's effort to reform the church is making the 'Ndrangheta "very nervous. ... Those who have up until now profited from the influence and wealth drawn from the church are getting very nervous. ... For many years, the mafia has laundered money and made investments with the complicity of the church. But now the pope is dismantling the poles of economic power in the Vatican, and that is dangerous.”
Yikes, if true. Read more here.