"It was a member of the faithful who asked me to celebrate a mass in memory of Matteo Messina Denaro. I had written it down for him, but we cancelled it out of pastoral prudence."
He explained it Don Tommaso Izzo, parish priest of Church of the Annunciation of Mary of Casalnuovo di Napoli, who this morning on the Parish's Facebook page, had announced a mass in suffrage for the deceased boss of Cosa Nostra, only to retrace their steps after the fuss that had been raised among the faithful themselves.
"It wasn't me who advertised the mass on Facebook - the parish priest added - but a collaborator. However, the Mass was canceled." When asked if he found it strange that a faithful would request a Mass in memory of a boss, Don Tommaso emphasized that "anyone can ask to pray for a deceased person."
"If they ask me for a mass - he concluded - I sign it and celebrate it. But this, I repeat, has been canceled out of pastoral prudence."
The mayor: "We were ready to block the mass with an ordinance."
"We were ready to intervene with an ordinance to prevent this outrage.
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The mayor of Casalnuovo said it, Massimo Pelliccia, commenting on the intention of the parish priest of a local church to celebrate a mass, later cancelled out of "pastoral prudence", in suffrage for the deceased boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
"I learned this morning of the aberrant intention of a parish priest to celebrate a mass in suffrage for Messina Denaro - Fur explained - This is absurd, unacceptable, and shameful. We first intervened with our local police and then alerted the bishop of this madness.
The Mass has been canceled, but we will continue to monitor this parish priest's activities and will ask the Bishop of Acerra to take appropriate measures. My city is where the Camorra is fought with complaints and concrete actions, and where the wall of silence has been torn down thanks to the courage of business owners, families, and this administration, which has never lowered its guard.
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