If a Catholic bishop in Sicily has his way, there will be no more Godfathers in the land of the infamous fictional Corleone clan. A decree from the Diocese of Monreale, where the actual town of Corleone is located, bars mob bosses from serving either as godfathers for baptisms or sponsors for confirmations.
“We have to be clear,” said Archbishop Michele Pennisi. “A Christian godfather should be a guarantee of raising a child in the faith. How can he be that, if he lives in opposition to the Gospel, in violence and total obedience to the god of money?”
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