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Decades of hostility by organized crime toward the Catholic Church in Italy allegedly surfaced anew when a priest who had received death threats found bleach in wine he was about to serve for Holy Communion.

A mafia hitman in Italy allegedly poisoned a Catholic priest in a small town after the holy cleric spoke out against organized crime.

In Cessaniti, a small town within Italy's Calabria region, the Rev. Felice Palamara narrowly escaped a life-threatening incident during a Saturday Mass.

A mafia hitman in Italy allegedly poisoned a Catholic priest in a small town after the holy cleric spoke out against organized crime.

In Italy, a mafia hitman allegedly poisoned the communion chalice of a Catholic priest in a small town after the cleric spoke out against organized crime.

Father Felice Palamara. / Credit: Father Felice Palamara / Facebook ACI Stampa, Feb 27, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). During evening Mass on Feb. 24, Father Felice Palamara, a parish priest in Cessaniti, a village in the Vibo Valentia province of Ital...

The parish priest of a church in Calabria is under police protection after his chalice was spiked with bleach

A suspected Mafia hitman added bleach to communion wine in a brazen attempt to poison a parish priest known for speaking out against organised crime.

Fr Palamara, who has often spoken out against the Ndrangheta, the mafia organisation that originated in Calabria, told local media that he had received several death threats during his time at the church

Father Felice Palamara stopped the service when he noticed the strange smell, telling the congregation he was not feeling well. Its not the first time hes been threatened.