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Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service 7-03-2014
Drawing of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. Image courtesy Yoko Design/shutterstock.com
After a pledge by Pope Francis to “excommunicate” mobsters from the Catholic Church, an archbishop in southern Italy has proposed a 10-year ban on naming godparents at baptisms and confirmations as a way to stop the Mafia from spreading its influence.