{"id":44895,"date":"2014-07-02T23:18:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T23:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/rns_italian_archbishop_calls_for_10-year_ban_on_godparents_to_stop_mafia_in\/"},"modified":"2014-07-02T23:18:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T23:18:38","slug":"rns_italian_archbishop_calls_for_10-year_ban_on_godparents_to_stop_mafia_in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=44895","title":{"rendered":"(RNS) Italian archbishop calls for 10-year ban on godparents to stop Mafia infiltration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a pledge by Pope Francis to \u201cexcommunicate\u201d\u009d mobsters from the Catholic Church, an archbishop in southern Italy has proposed a 10-year ban on naming godparents at baptisms and confirmations as a way to stop the Mafia from spreading its influence.<\/p>\n<p>Monsignor Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, the archbishop of Reggio Calabria, wrote to Francis some time ago with his suggestion \u201cto prevent the exploitation of the church,\u201d\u009d in particular by the powerful Calabrian Mafia known as \u2019Ndrangheta, and discussed his proposal with the pope at the Vatican last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mobsters taking part in the baptisms of newborns as a godfather, or \u201cpadrino,\u201d\u009d help the mob establish a special bond with future generations of potential criminals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2014\/07\/02\/italian-archbishop-calls-10-year-ban-godparents-stop-mafia-infiltration\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a pledge by Pope Francis to \u201cexcommunicate\u201d\u009d mobsters from the Catholic Church, an archbishop in southern Italy has proposed a 10-year ban on naming godparents at baptisms and confirmations as a way to stop the Mafia from spreading its<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=44895\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,50,42,581,168,200,448,154,637,108,364,173,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-religion-news-commentary","category-baptism","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-europe","category-italy","category-other-churches","category-pope-francis","category-religion-culture","category-roman-catholic","category-sacramental-theology","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}