Using his strongest language to date, Pope Francis told Italian Mafia members on Saturday that they are excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

The Pope was speaking at an outdoor Mass in Piana di Sibari, Calabria when he made the impromptu remarks. "Those who in their lives follow this path of evil, as mafiosi do, are not in communion ...

“Those who in their life have gone along the evil ways, as in the case of the mafia, they are not with God, they are excommunicated,” Francis said in an outdoor Mass in Piana di Sibari, Calabria.

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“Those who in their life have gone along the evil ways, as in the case of the mafia, they are not with God, they are excommunicated,” Francis said in an outdoor Mass in Piana di Sibari, Calabria.

Pope Francis addresses the crowd at an outdoor Mass in Piana di Sibari, Calabria (Getty) Pope Francis has excommunicated the mafia from the Catholic Church at a mass in Calabria, the heartland of ...

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Using his strongest language to date, Pope Francis told Italian Mafia members on Saturday that they are excommunicated from the Catholic Church.