'foreign priests? No thanks. " To tell the priests about his non-Italian at the helm of the parishes is the Deputy Mayor Gentilini, which is justified as follows: "Officials would eventually be simple Church - says Gentilini - The pastor must know his people instead. "
All this reveals is that while the iron cross in the garden of Palazzo Rinaldi, work he wanted after the controversy arose after the sacred symbol of the Strasbourg ruling. Statements made on the sidelines of the ceremony those of Gentilini. "To condemn the lack of priests - the deputy mayor pressed - When a pastor has to manage several parishes, it is rooted in the territory. They must know their citizens. " Which, according to Gentilini, can not make a super-pastor nor a priest of foreign origin, is also increasingly common in places such as Genoa and Florence, and that sometimes, by their presence, "patch" the crisis of vocations of our countrymen.
"Foreigners do not know the traditions," says the prosindaco. Above him stands a wrought iron cross by Claudio Rottin, Carbonera artist, commissioned by deputy mayor after the decision of the European Parliament, which would prohibit the presence of Christian symbols in the classroom and against which the League has fought a bitter battle. , "We reaffirm that our Christianity," said Gentilini. At the ceremony, representatives of the clergy shortage. The crucifix was placed in the garden of Palazzo Rinaldi in a hurry, before Christmas, and apparently without special permits or requests.
the shadow of the cross is left Gentilini also go to a comment on the likely new bishop of Treviso, the Franciscan Gianfranco Agostino Gardin. "I'm happy - says -. I hope to introduce an innovative spirit, but without losing sight of tradition. And then the church must gain the sympathy of the young. " (La Repubblica, December 10, 2009)
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