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• Report blames Pakistan politicians, security for anti-Christian riots
• "Stop wrecking people's lives and repent", Pope tells mafia
• Pope urges Mafiosi to stop exploitation of others

Report blames Pakistan politicians, security for anti-Christian riots Posted: 26 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT A series of violent riots against Pakistani Christians in the past decade has concerned human rights watchers and religious minorities in Pakistan.

"Stop wrecking people's lives and repent", Pope tells mafia Posted: 26 May 2013 05:50 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis spoke out against mafia organizations exploiting and enslaving people, calling on mafiosi on Sunday to repent in words that recalled an impassioned plea by Pope John Paul II 20 years ago. Speaking off the cuff after his weekly Angelus blessing in St. Peter's Square, Francis spoke about the mafia for the first time since he became pontiff two months ago. ...

Pope urges Mafiosi to stop exploitation of others Posted: 26 May 2013 05:20 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis paid tribute to a courageous priest murdered by the Sicilian Mafia as a martyr and urged mobsters on Sunday to abandon their evil ways, particularly the exploitation of people in trafficking rackets such as prostitution.

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