Vatican warns of growing "Christianophobia"

[babsbunny]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LT619326.htm

29 Aug 2008 18:11:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Philip Pullella

ROME, Aug 29 (Reuters) - "Christianophobia" is a growing problem around the world and it must be fought with the same determination as anti-Semitism or Islamophobia, the Vatican said on Friday.

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, spoke in the wake of attacks against Christians in India that have left at least 13 people dead this week.

Mamberti, addressing a conference in northern Italy, said religious freedom was a vital part of international relations and human dignity.

"In order to promote this dignity in an integral way, so-called 'Christianophobia' should be combated as decisively as 'Islamophobia' and anti-Semitism," he said.

This week in eastern India, thousands of people, most of them Christians, have sought shelter in makeshift government camps, driven from their homes by religious violence.

Hindu mobs burnt more than a dozen churches and attacked Christians after a Hindu leader was killed.

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1. It is religious extremism that people do not like

the particular religion matters not.

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10. Exactly Right.. N/T

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[fascisthunter]

5. Which Muslim countries or Do You Claim, all????

Also, claiming something negative about one religion to defend another is pretty pathetic. You sound xenophobic actually..... and as for the Pope's claim of Christianblahblahblah..... it's BS propaganda to get you all up in arms. So far, it's working.

PS - exhibiting bigotry and then claiming bigotry kind of is a self-fullfilling act

[Arugula Latte]

8. The Inquisition and the witch hunts and Opus Dei and the childmolesters are bad PR, ya know?

Poor, poor popey. :cry:

[misanthrope]

3. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!*nm

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[texasleo]

6. Are they reading DU?

:popcorn:

[fascisthunter]

9. Well Then... you should alert the Mods next time you witness such a thing

because that would be considered bigotry.

[alittlelark]

7. I have 'Organized Religionaphobia'

If more people shared my illness the world would be a much more civilized place IMHO.