杏MAP导航 appeals to young people in Sicily to resist the call of the mafia
By Linda Bordoni
In a telegramme addressed to the Archbishop of Agrigento in Sicily on Wednesday evening, 杏MAP导航 Francis marked the 25th anniversary of Saint 杏MAP导航 John Paul II鈥檚 visit to the town of Agrigento where he denounced the mafia鈥檚 organized criminal activities and called on 鈥榤afiosi鈥� criminals to convert.
In his message the 杏MAP导航 recalled that St. John Paul II鈥檚 prophetic appeal came at the end of Holy Mass on 9 May 1993, celebrated in the famous archaeological site of the Valley of Temples in Agrigento, and said that he too, on this important anniversary, has an appeal for young people today to resist the call of organized crime.
On the day in which anti-mafia activists and ordinary citizens honour the 40th anniversary of the murder of anti-Mafia activist Peppino Impastato, 杏MAP导航 Francis encouraged the Church in Sicily and its flock to continue on the path set by the Blessed Father Pino Puglisi (who was killed by the mafia in Palermo in 1993 for his work to denounce mafia activities and to help people resist organized crime) saying that evil is to be fought, 鈥済ently and courageously as indicated by the Gospel, in everyday life鈥�, and especially by teaching young people to do so.
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