Crowds welcome Pope in mafia country
Naples (Italy) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people on Saturday greeted Pope Francis as he headed deep into mafia territory, visiting jailbirds and the poor in Naples amid heightened security.
The pontiff arrived in the poor, crime-ridden Scampia area of the city in a popemobile and was immediately plunged into a crowd of children and young people, two of whom managed to pose for a selfie with him.
"Corruption stinks, corrupt society stinks," he told residents, adding that "we all have the potential to be corrupt and to slip into criminality".
Up to 800,000 people were expected to turn out throughout the day in the southern Italian city to greet the Argentine pontiff, who last year declared war on organised crime by "excommunicating" all mafiosi from the Catholic Church. ...
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-heads-mafia-territory-crime-ridden-naples-033947022.html
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