Posted on 10/31/2012 6:04:10 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota
The Italy’s largest Muslim group sent a message to Angelo Bagnasco, who leads Italy’s Bishops’ Conference (CEI) to thank him for his support for a project to construct a mosque in Milan, the country’s conservative business hub.
The UCOII said: “We are relieved and immensely grateful for the position voiced by senior officials from the Italian Bishops’ Conference in support of official places of worship for Muslims, an issue which nowadays has wrongly become a political hot potato. The brotherly solidarity of the great majority of Christians, which we have experienced at thousands of inter-faith gatherings and debates, has been strongly confirmed,” the statement added.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday during the CEI’s general assembly at the Vatican, CEI secretary-general Mariano Crociata said the Catholic Church backed “the right to freedom of worship and places of worship to exercise this fundamental right. We must take account of the social needs of our communities as Italy’s constitution requires,” Crociata said.
Muslims were due on Wednesday to rally in Milan’s central Piazza San Babila in support of the opposition centre-left’s candidate for mayor Giuliano Pisapia who has voiced support for the building of a Milan mosque, and that from Monday is the new mayor of Milan.
I'd prefer to hear of the construction of new churches in the middle-east.
Mosque as in Muslim Brotherhood / jihadist meeting hall and safe house for planning terrorist activities in the basement and storing weapon caches in a structure designed to look like a Muslim religious facility.
Ping for later.
Catholics were accused of co-operating with the Nazis before WW II. It seems they should have learned their lesson about appeasement.
I think these are Episcopal Bishops? Sorry, should have clarified that.
Angelo will be sorry...
The people who jumped up and down for joy the morning of 9/11 don’t have to do anything now to take over. It’s the leaders of the Catholic church who are making it easy for them. No need to bomb buildings. No need to slice living heads off living bodies. No need to invent fake stories about videos. Just walk in, set up your religious dictatorship. The Christians will all bow down and pay the infidel tax and willingly offer themselves up for sacrifice.
Next will be some clown screaming from the top of his lungs at 5:30 in the morning from the top of a Minaret. At which time someone should paint the tower and call for anything flying that starts with an A.
Next will be some clown screaming from the top of his lungs at 5:30 in the morning from the top of a Minaret. At which time someone should paint the tower and call for anything flying that starts with an A.
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