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187: 390: 366: 402: 378: 204:, who personally knew Father Diana, dedicated a chapter to the priest. The title of the book comes from a letter by Diana, "time has come to stop being a Gomorrah." "He decided to take an interest in the dynamics of power and not merely its corollary suffering," Saviano wrote. "He didn’t want merely to clean the wound but to understand the mechanisms of the 166:
In 1994 he testified in an investigation of ties linking the Camorra, politicians and businessmen after the Government's decision to suspend the local council in Casal Di Principe because of its links to the Camorra. He had threatened to stop administering sacraments to camorristi, refusing to marry
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On Christmas 1991, he published a letter urging his parishioners to shun the Camorra. The letter entitled "For the love of my people I will not stay silent", called on the church to resist the Camorra's rule, which he called "a form of terrorism". He also denounced the
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gave a speech urging the mafia to change their ways and repent, and threatened them with excommunication. After the speech, he donned a priestly ceremonial garment once worn by Diana.
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them. He also sided with the newly elected mayor of Casal di Principe, who was trying to prevent firms connected to the Camorra from tendering for public contracts.
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On 19 March 1994, he was shot twice in the head in the Church of San Nicola di Bari in the town of Casal di Principe while preparing to offer a
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that has left our region with no potential for development; kickbacks of 20 per cent on construction projects; illegal
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to stop them from being recruited by the Camorra in a direct challenge to their business practices.
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In the mid-1980s, he set up a welcome centre for African immigrants in
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Gunmen Linked to the Mafia Kill an Italian Priest in His Sacristy
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Index


Casal di Principe
Caserta
Casal di Principe
Caserta
Roman Catholic Church
[dʒuˈzɛppeˈdjaːna]
Roman Catholic
Casal di Principe
Camorra
Campania
Casalesi clans
Extortion
drug trafficking
Mass
Saint Joseph

Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano
metastasis
Pope Francis
Streetwise priest


Bosses from hell
Don Peppino, eroe in tonaca
Roberto Saviano


Gunmen Linked to the Mafia Kill an Italian Priest in His Sacristy

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