Ciro Benedettini
Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II visits his tomb, detained in Rome
The Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981 has been detained in Italy after he paid a surprise visit to the late pope's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica.
Pope lambasts mobsters, says mafiosi "excommunicated"
Francis on June 21 issued the strongest attack on organised crime groups by a pontiff in two decades, accusing them of practicing the "the adoration of evil" and saying mafiosi are excommunicated.
It was the first time a pope had used the word excommunication - a total cutoff from the Church - in direct reference to members of organised crime.