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May 9, 2021 · 9 May 2021. Getty Images. Rosario Livatino was murdered by mafioso on 21 September 1990. An Italian judge who was gunned down in his car by the mafia has been beatified - the last stage before ...
- Pope Francis Denounces
Pope Francis launches a stinging attack on the mafia,...
- How Does Someone Become a Saint
Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII will be declared...
- Pope Francis Denounces
Jan 5, 2022 · He was a member of a Sicilian mafia group known as Stidda and was one of Italy's most wanted gangsters.
Jan 7, 2022 · Investigators believe he was a member of a “stidda” clan based in Campobello di Licata, a town east of Agrigento, Sicily. The stidda, which means star in Sicilian, drew from the ranks of ...
Dec 23, 2021 · Spanish police reported on Friday that they detained a fugitive connected to murder and drug trafficking, thereby ending the 19-year manhunt for mafiosi’s rearrest. The unnamed fugitive, whom authorities refer to only as “G.G.”, managed to escape from a Rome prison in 2002 after being convicted for murder in 1989.
Aug 30, 2014 · La Stidda (Sicilian for "star," a tattoo of which all members wear) is a fifth Mafia group, a direct rival to Cosa Nostra, also based in Sicily. This blog learned of the group from comments to the previous story; the mob killer who wrote his memoir was a member of Stidda...
In the Region of Sicily the Sicilian Mafia clans and the Stidda control the area. United States. According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 active Mafia families in the United States. In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.
Jul 15, 2021 · St. John Paul II once defined him as “a martyr to justice and, indirectly, to faith.” Now his martyrdom is officially recognized by the church through Pope Francis’s decree. A...
