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Related: About this forumVatican downplays mob threats against Pope Francis
Eric J. Lyman
ROME (RNS) The Vatican on Friday downplayed reported mob threats against Pope Francis, just two days after a high-profile anti-mafia prosecutor said Francis could be a target from the Ndrangheta mafia organization in southern Italy.
The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vaticans chief spokesman, told reporters on Friday (Nov. 15) that the Vatican was extremely calm regarding a possible mob threat against the pope.
There is absolutely no reason for concern, no need to feed alarmism, Lombardi said.
The statement comes a day after Francis traveled the three miles between the Vatican City and the Quirinale Palace in Rome with his normal staff and without a police escort or any additional security to visit Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
http://www.religionnews.com/2013/11/15/vatican-downplays-mafia-threats-pope-francis/
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)than the Mafia, it isn't funny. The pope's underlings could have anyone in the world whacked if they so chose.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)group are all Catholic and that might make it unlikely that they would harm him.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)have repeatedly demonstrated.