Vatican dicastery forms working group on 'excommunication of mafias' On: 5/10/2021, By , In: World ...Pope Francis gives a homily during which he said "mafiosi" are not in communion with God and are excommunicated, in this June 21, 2014, file photo from Sibari, Italy. Marking the May 8 beatification of Italian anti-Mafia Judge Rosario Livatino, a Vatican dicastery announced a working group on "the excommunication of mafias." (CNS photo/Paul Haring) ...Pope Francis gives a homily during which he said "mafiosi" are not in communion with God and are excommunicated, in this June 21, 2014, file photo from Sibari, Italy. Marking the May 8 beatification of Italian anti-Mafia Judge Rosario Livatino, a Vatican dicastery announced a working group on "the excommunication of mafias." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)