THE MAFIA CODE? According to the Times of London, the Vatican is being consulted on a code published by "the new Mafia Godfather" which uses a passage from the Latin Vulgate of Ecclesiastes 3:2:

Matteo Messina Denaro, a ruthless killer noted for his designer clothes and playboy lifestyle, is widely regarded as the new boss of Cosa Nostra after the arrest last April of Bernardo Provenzano, 73, who had been on the run for more than 40 years.

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He was better known for his love of PlayStations, Porsches and glamorous women than his learning. But each year Messina Denaro places in a local newspaper a memorial notice to his father, Francesco, who died in 1998. Police noted that this time it takes the form of an amended Latin passage from the Old Testament.

The first part is a familar passage, very loosely based on Chapter III of Ecclesiastes. Investigators reading Il Giornale di Sicilia spotted that the second part, after the word “sed” (but), is not in the Old Testament at all. It means: “Only he who wants to will fly, and your flight has forever been sublime.”

According to the article, Bible codes are standard practice for Mafia bosses. This one sounds to me like some sort of insider allusion that would only make sense to someone who had been in on an earlier conversation.

(Via Explorator.)