The political cardinal

On the occasion of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) of Italy's Catholic Church on September 22, La Repubblica newspaper reports on the political and moral statements of Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the conference's president: "Cardinal Bagnasco has sounded the alarm. Italy must not drift into a climate of racist violence. ... The cardinal proposes strengthening European cooperation to control the flow of illegal immigrants, encouraging immigration and making it easier for families to reunite. He warns the government not to neglect the main problem, social impoverishment. ... The CEI distances itself from its rigorous No to the biological testament [preserved sperm donations]. The Council of Bishops will closely examine the definition of clinical death ... and the question of organ donation. However their rejection of assisted suicide and disguised forms of it such as the failure to administer total parenteral nutrition remains irrevocable."

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