Pope heads to the nations: "Defend Christians" Napolitano's letter "Stop persecution

ROME - Do not want to give in to discouragement and resignation, not even in the face of "threatening tensions of the moment, especially in the face of discrimination, the abuses and religious intolerance, which today affect, in particular Christians, once again." Benedict XVI on the occasion of World Day of Peace, a few hours a car bomb explosion outside a church in Alexandria, which has caused at least 21 deaths, has invited the leaders of nations to tackle the "difficult task "for whom" are not enough words, we need the commitment and constant practice, "to defend the Christian communities.

And the importance of defending religious freedom was reiterated by the head of state Giorgio Napolitano, who sent a long letter to the Pope. The World Day of Peace is "an opportunity to bring to the attention of all humanity the essential question of religious freedom, whose relevance is further manifested by brutal violence and persecution that have affected and still affect , the Christian community in various areas of the world and particularly in Iraq, "wrote the President of the Republic in the message to Benedict XVI.

"I join in this context - continues Napolitano - His heartfelt appeal to those forms of discrimination have to stop bloodshed in the firm belief that human rights everywhere should be promoted, defended and respected." The head of state added that Italy, which is preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of national unity, should be "proud to consider religious freedom an integral part of their cultural identity." "The inviolability of this law was ratified by the fathers of the Republican Constitution, where, among the fundamental principles, it was stipulated that 'all religions are equally free before the law." Too many times, Napolitano continues in many parts of the world "we see the dramatic and systematic violation of individual liberties, before which one can not remain inert.

I hope, in regard that his renewed appeal for peace leads the international community to deep thought, even with respect to actions against those countries that deny their citizens the freedom to practice their beliefs. " Italy, Napolitano has pointed out, will do everything possible in the international arena, because freedom of religion is protected in every possible circumstance: "Detention is our belief that the way to peaceful coexistence among the peoples of steps even through the conscious respect for cultural diversity - continues the message - which must be a source of mutual enrichment and not instead of division and conflict.

" The head of state, then, remembering the words of the Pope, who sottolinetao how Christians are "currently the religious group that suffers the greatest number of persecution because of their faith," reiterated the resolve to strengthen the action of ' Italy in favor of the many Christian communities that are undergoing today prevaricanti discrimination in different areas of the planet.

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