Fr Luigi Ciotti, founder of the Italian anti-Mafia group Libera, attends a prayer service with Pope Francis for victims of the Mafia in Rome in this file photo. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring Elise Ann Allen In a scene reminiscent of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 cinematic sensation The Godfather, Italy’s most notorious mob boss was arrested January 16 after 30 years on the run, a development celebrated by civil and ecclesial authorities alike. A fugitive for the past 30 years, infamous Italian mobster Matteo Messina Denaro – tied…
