Pope takes aim at mob

THE Vatican is looking to develop a new doctrine that calls for excommunicating Catholics for corruption and mafia association.

It follows a meeting of prosecutors, bishops, victims and UN officials.

Pope Francis has long fought against corruption and wrote a short book about it as archbishop.

And during a 2014 visit to one of Italy’s mafia strongholds, Francis told mobsters t hey were excommunicated.

In a statement, the Vatican said the need had come to develop a new legal doctrine for the Catholic Church about “excommunication for corruption and mafia association”.