Mafia Are Considering Assassinating The Pope In Response To His Anti-Corruption Sermons, Warns Leading Italian Prosecutor -- Daily Mail
* Since Pope Francis took office in April he has made clear he intends to rid the Holy See of corruption
* He has already forced his own number two Cardinal Bertone into retirement after he was accused of retirement
* In one of his first sermons as Pope he took aim at mafia calling on them to repent for 'exploiting and enslaving people'
* Calabrian Ndrangheta is concerned by Pope Francis's crusade against corruption
The Mafia are considering a lethal strike on Pope Francis, a senior prosecutor in Italy's crime-torn deep South has warned.
The pontiff's life is in danger because his desire to sweep away corruption in 'a total clean-up' is making organised criminal groups 'nervous', the deputy chief prosecutor of Reggio Calabria, Nicola Gratteri, claimed.
Since Francis took office in April, he has made it clear that he intends to rid the Holy See of its corrupt ways and clean up the notorious Vatican bank, long used by money launderers.
He immediately dispatched the chairman of the IOR bank Gotti Tedeschi and subsequently forced his own number two Cardinal Bertone, who had been accused of corruption, into retirement.
In one of his first sermons as Pope he took aim at the mafia calling on them to repent for 'exploiting and enslaving people'.
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