Posted on 12/12/2016 4:41:42 PM PST by heterosupremacist
Remember the rule: in Muslim countries, be careful to conform your behavior to Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, be careful to conform your behavior to Muslim sensibilities.
A priest in Italy has caused uproar after announcing there would be no Christmas nativity scene at the local cemetery this year because it could offend Muslims and atheists.
Fr Sante Braggiè said there would be no crib in the cemetery in the northern city of Cremona because it may anger people of others faiths or none whose relatives are buried there.
“A small corner of the cemetery is reserved for Muslim graves,” Fr Braggiè said. “A crib positioned within sight of them could be seen as a lack of respect for followers of other faiths, hurt the sensibilities of Muslims, as well as Indians and even atheists.”
He also cited a lack of council workers to set up the crib as another reason for abandoning the tradition.
Corriere della Serra reports that Fr Braggiè’s predecessor as local priest, Fr Oreste Mori, strongly criticised the decision, saying: “Seriously? I can’t believe it!”
“We cannot renounce our culture and traditions,” he said. “That would be an unpardonable weakness.”
“I am, for the time being at least, in Italy, not Saudi Arabia.”…
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Excommunicate him. Enough of this kowtowing to murdering muzzies.
Vi faccio vedere come muore un Italiano - Fabrizio Quattrocchi
I wonder if in Saudi Arabia, they do things so as NOT to offend Christians.....
This isn't a communist or Italian issue, it's a catholic issue. Not surprising when Frankie the idiot pope wants inbred seventh century savages imported into Europe and the US.
Grazie mille.
This is in Italy????!!!! Disgusting & shocking.
With the so-called Pope and this wimpy buffoon, it is obvious that there are at least two TOO MANY priests in the world. Christ will say to these traitors, “I never knew you!”
Pathetic. I’m seriously at a loss for words.
I can state without fear of contradiction they couldn’t care less if anyone is offended. Mass can only be celebrated in embassies. When I was there, the LDS people were able to use a large unused warehouse for their services.
Prego. I know Italian, I am bilingual.
Does Fr. Braggie care that GOD would be offended by his decision ?
Fewer babies were born in Italy in 2014 than in any other year since the modern Italian state was formed in 1861, new data show, highlighting the demographic challenge faced by the country’s chronically sluggish economy.
National statistics office ISTAT said on Thursday the number of live births last year was 509,000, or 5,000 fewer than in 2013, rounding off half a century of decline.
The number of babies born to both natives and foreigners living in Italy dropped as immigration, which used to support the overall birth rate, tumbled to its lowest level for five years.
The mortality rate also declined last year, stretching life expectancy for Italian men to 80.2 years, and to 84.9 years for women.
“We are very close to the threshold of non-renewal where the people dying are not replaced by new-borns. That means we are a dying country,” Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/13/italy-is-a-dying-country-says-minister-as-birth-rate-plummets
Nah, it is a communist issue. The priest is obviously communist in Italy in a Catholic church. Italy is is a good 1/3 communist. Yeah, it is a communist issue.
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