Will Pope get Mafia? Or ISIS? Or State?

@yugocean (9963)
India
September 18, 2018 2:09am CST
Pope Francis has appealed to Sicilon mafia to abandon crime and violence; however his words are odds- “A person who is a mafioso does not live as a Christian because with his life he blasphemes against the name of God” Not all criminals are christians, and not all christians believe in Pope; so there is going to be less impact. Sicilon mafia is taking protection money from various parts of the world, in 2015 they even warned ISIS to not to attack New York which was under it's protection, Italian officials then also revealed that ISIS are too scared to enter mafia areas. However they admitted, fear of ISIS also divert State's attention from crime syndicates. Now Pope is trying on Mafia in the name of Christian,but he cannot do anything when it comes to Jihad and ISIS.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
18 Sep 18
It is not something new, there are 30 years that the popes are condemning the mafia. This one has already said that mafiosi were excommunicated in 2013 or 2014. And it works : they were killing 2000 to 3000 persons/year in Sicily in the 1980's, and less than 10 now. All mafiosi are Catholics, in fact the Catholic Church was responsible for its creation in the 1870's when a pope forbade to Italian Catholics to vote (it lasted until 1904).
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Sep 18
Hmmm, so Pope now wants to chage what is the creation of Pope. So this is another right got what happened in 1870s. was Pope Pius IX direct founder of Catholic Mafia?
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@topffer (42155)
• France
18 Sep 18
@yugocean Directly, no, but the popes supported the mafia at its beginnings, the mafiosi were walking at the head of Catholic processions in Italy.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Sep 18
@topffer Hmmm, so might be they played role in who can be Arc Bishop or Vicar General.
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@LadyDuck (502379)
• Italy
18 Sep 18
I see that @topffer already explained you a bit of things about Mafia. All Italian Mafiosi are extremely pious, all Roman Catholics, they give PLENTY of money to the Vatican as well as they give to the Italian Politics. What you see it's only "theater for the rest of the world". I am Italian, I know how things work there.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Sep 18
They give crime money to Vatican and Politics; then sure Religion and Politics both are corrupt.
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@LadyDuck (502379)
• Italy
18 Sep 18
@yugocean Of course they both are corrupt.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Sep 18
@LadyDuck No wonder, Christian Missionaries in India are doing all corrupt means for conversion, even those things which they claim is evil in Bible.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
18 Sep 18
ISIS is pure evil and Jihad as it is practised is also against the Koran. Ironically, guys like Zakir Naik...who cleverly snub smart questions instead of answering them, and create a fear of questioning by saying if I answer one question of yours will you convert...are more. Islamic scholars should change the perception of what jihad is, and how and for what it should be practised. They should also indicate that ISIS is pure evil because as per koran, taking life of an innocent is taking out life of mankind. So it should be fight of Islam against ISIS and fundamentalists within their religion, and it should be fight of Pope against those from his religion. Most of mafia do believe in Christ...including those who are Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, etc. It is just an appeal to some of them. I agree it is not gonna help. Instead ...they should be asked to improve somethings. I was kinda think license to naxalites to burst tires parked on the roads and bylanes. For every tire they burst, they get 10 rupees. You will see how fast the traffic congestion comes down.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Sep 18
ISIS is just another thing after Taliban. One ends, another begins; these JIhadis are brainwashed that they will get 72 s*x slave virgins for killing innocent people. Only a Ba***** will agree with their faith; however they have even Human-right supporters who will open the court at midnight for them. Mafia believe in their Power also, for them Chist will take all their sins, they are pure because they believe in Christ.
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@JESSY3236 (22246)
• United States
18 Sep 18
I didn't know that about the mafia and ISIS.
@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Sep 18
Then know it.
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