Pope Francis wants to end the questionable Mary worship by members of the Mafia.
It is about liberating the use of certain dubious rites, structures and deviations that do not correspond to Biblical values ​​such as justice, freedom, honesty and solidarity, he writes in a letter from which the Italian magazine 'Maria con te' quoted yesterday. The Pope is explicitly behind an initiative to free the Virgin from abuse by mafioso organizations.

The Pope is working on this together with a new working group of the International Marian Pontifical Academy, in which representatives of the church and police, as well as other experts, will develop strategies against the Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta, Camorra and Sacra Corona. Among other things, they want to prohibit the so-called tribute during religious processions, such as kneeling, bowing or striking a sign of the cross near statues of the Virgin Mary or caves in front of the houses of Mafia bosses.