Part of the Catholic church in Sicily has imposed a three-year prohibition on naming godparents, arguing that the tradition has become merely a way to fortify family ties — and mob ties, too. nyti.ms/30ofrLe
@nytimes Ok end it across the board A Godparent is only in name and doesn’t do anything for the child who grows up to be a man or woman
@nytimes La Vecchia Religione still will accept them I would believe, in some ways I doubt much will change in Sicily, just the church washing their hands.
@nytimes Maybe it’s just the mob ties they’re trying to wipe out. Fortifying family ties is a means of survival.
@nytimes Sicilia. La Chiesa Cattolica vieta di nominare i padrini per i battesimi per i prossimi tre anni. Il motivo? Evitare che questa tradizione si trasformi in una modalità, come è già successo, per rafforzare i legami tra clan mafiosi. Amen
@nytimes Might be good to pause - no real value
@nytimes Choosing ‘godparents’ is a hotbed of dissent in families anyway.
@nytimes Hasn’t it always already been for that?