Creative Minority Reader: Catholic Parade Makes Shocking Route Detour — and It’s an Alleged Slap in the Face for Pope Francis

Catholic Parade Makes Shocking Route Detour — and It’s an Alleged Slap in the Face for Pope Francis

Adoration of evil?

In apparent defiance of Pope Francis, a church procession detoured from its route through a southern Italian town to honor a convicted mobster under house arrest. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Sunday denounced the tribute in Oppido Mamertina — a Calabrian town and a ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate stronghold — as “deplorable and disgusting.” On June 21, Francis, visiting Calabria, condemned the ‘ndrangheta for its “adoration of evil” and said its members were excommunicated.