An Italian Catholic priest was handed an envelope containing a bullet during Mass this Sunday.
Fr Maurizio Patriciello, known for his outspoken opposition to organised crime, was celebrating Holy Mass in Caivano, a town in the province of Naples (southern Italy) known as a hotbed of mafia activity.
Caivano is considered territory of the Moccia clan, a powerful faction of the Camorra, one of the four main mafia groups in Italy, alongside the Cosa Nostra (Sicily), 'Ndrangheta (Calabria), and Sacra Corona Unita (Puglia). The clan is known for drug trafficking, racketeering, and political corruption, with some studies estimating its illegal annual revenue at around €3.3 billion.
