Italy honors mafia victims in Holy Thursday Mass

ROME – An Italian association dedicated to keeping alive the memory of victims of mafia violence have donated oil produced at the site where two judges were killed to several Italian dioceses for the annual Holy Thursday Chrism Mass.

Chrism is the sacred oil used to anoint faithful in the Church’s sacraments, such as Baptism, Confirmation, and the Anointing of the Sick.

Each year during Holy Week, which precedes Easter and is the holiest week on the Church’s calendar...