End Gypsy prejudice: VaticanFrom: Reuters From correspondents in Rome March 01, 2006 EUROPE must drop its prejudices against Gypsies, the Vatican said today, in a document that called for more understanding of the nomadic peoples that have been persecuted through the centuries. In a study of the position of Gypsies in society, an advisory body to the Pope said traditionally Christian countries had persecuted them in the past and that deep-rooted prejudice remained as Europe faced a "new wave" of Gypsy migration. "Considered by many as harmful aliens and insistent beggars, public opinion usually clamours for nomadism to be banned,"...