Pope in Naples: Resist local Mafiosi, seek honest jobs

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Source: AP

NAPLES, Italy (AP) —Pope Francis, visiting Italy's impoverished south on Saturday, encouraged Neapolitans to resist exploitation by Mafia dons and instead seek the dignity of honest jobs.

On a day trip to Naples, Francis spoke to residents in Scampia, a rundown neighborhood dominated by Camorra mobsters.

In places like Scampia, youth unemployment is rampant. Many wind up working for the Naples-based crime syndicate as drug couriers or extortionists, shaking down merchants for so-called "protection money."

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[dembotoz]

1. at time worry someone will shoot him

and we will end up with a hitler jr again....

not catholic but he has seemed better than the one he replaced

[NaturalHigh]

2. I hope his security detail is on its toes.

[niyad]

3. hmmm, maybe there are not a lot of honest jobs out there? and what about all that cash

and coin and art and stuff hanging around the vatican??? how about using it to do some actual good--jobs creation, etc.

[MADem]

4. It's in the blood!!!!!

Neapolitan spirits might have well gotten a boost when, in the cathedral, Francis kissed a vial containing the blood of the city's patron saint, Januarius, known to Italians as San Gennaro, and the bishop said the blood partially liquefied. Popular tradition holds that if the blood liquefies prosperity will come to Naples.
Neapolitans recalled that the blood didn't dissolve during visits by the previous two popes, Benedict XVI and John Paul II.