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Pope Francis traveled to the heart of a mafia stronghold in Italy on Saturday and told mobsters that they are not part of the church.

"Those who go down the evil path, as the Mafiosi do, are not in communion with God," he warned them during an open-air mass. "They are excommunicated."

, Francis made the trip after ignoring worries about his health and safety. The paper adds:


, condemned the mafia for its "adoration of evil and contempt of the common good."
The BBC adds that the 'Ndrangheta network, based in the "toe" of Italy, controls the country's cocaine trade.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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Pope Francis traveled to the heart of a mafia stronghold in Italy on Saturday and told mobsters that they are not part of the church.


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