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Oppido Mamertina Mayor Domenico Giannetta, center, flanked at left by Italian Carabinieri officer Andrea Marino, walks during a religious procession in Oppido Mamertina in southern Italy's Calabria region. In apparent defiance of Pope Francis, the church procession detoured from its route to honor a convicted mobster under house arrest.
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(RNS1-JULY 7) Oppido Mamertina Mayor Domenico Giannetta, center, flanked at left by Italian Carabinieri officer Andrea Marino, walks during a religious procession in Oppido Mamertina in southern Italy’s Calabria region. In apparent defiance of Pope Francis, the church procession detoured from its route to honor a convicted mobster under house arrest. For use with RNS-POPE-MAFIA transmitted July 7, 2014. Creative Commons image by Il Fatto Quotidiano

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