The Catholic Church in Italy has occasionally been blamed for staying idle and even accepting the mafia at times, however, in recent decades, it has taken a strong anti-mafia stance.
An Italian association dedicated to keeping alive the memory of victims of mafia violence have donated oil produced at the site where two judges were killed to several Italian dioceses for the annual Holy Thursday Chrism Mass.
The Catholic Church in Italy has occasionally been blamed for staying idle and even accepting the mafia at times, however, in recent decades, it has taken a strong anti-mafia stance.
The brother of the widow of a police escort agent who died with anti-Mafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone in a Cosa Nostra bombing on May 23 1992 was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Mafia charges on Thursday. (ANSA)