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Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy. / Vincenzo Amoruso via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2021 / 06:17 am (CNA).The archbishop of the Italian city of Naples responded on Tuesday to a spate of deadly violence with an appeal for members of organized crime groups to "be converted.""They are killing Naples! The trail of blood that is crossing the city these days, causing death to young lives and terror and anguish to entire neighborhoods, streets, families, cannot leave us indifferent," Archbishop Domenico Battaglia said in an Oct. 12 statement on the archdiocesan website.His appeal followed the Oct. 9 murder of a 19-year-old man. Police are investigating the man s connections to the Camorra, a Naples-based criminal organization. A 23-year-old man was also killed last week.Over the weekend, armed robbers entered a pizzeria in a Naples suburb, pointing guns at families eating dinner, including young children.In his message, Battaglia addresse