"Dear brothers and sisters immigrated to Italy or are about to come - he writes - right after the position of the Holy See against the racist laws passed by the Italian Parliament in these days, I have long compared with the documents of the Magisterium of the Church with a teaching that does not hesitates in asserting the absolute priority for the Christian to be a good neighbor to those who have not next. And in this particular historical moment, who is no longer next to you, uprooted from your land, far from homeland and the suffering, driven by rich countries? accepted fully the Gospel and the Church's teaching - he continues - we must lead Christians to denounce strongly the prevailing wave of xenophobia against you, it should cause us to swim against the spread of racism disguised as a supposed 'safety'. It must also confront us with an irreconcilable conflict: the inability to comply with state laws that stand as a wall to stem the mass of the desperate press. "" It is said that Italy is a country with a Catholic majority, or however, the Christian roots - Don Vitaliano continues - but it seems that the wave mast in the country has a very different array. And there, now, political parties such as the League, which dismally ride this dangerous wave of intolerance, only for electoral purposes. These days the Parliament of my country that declares itself a Christian majority, decided to drive away, he wants them back from Italy. I asked about what the role of Parliament: to accept the blackmail of fascists and interested members of the League to implement and ratify the mood of the country or - in the spirit of the Constitution - through laws, to help this country grow. I am not an expert of law, nor an expert on immigration issues - underscores - however I would remind Members of my country, that a law to regulate the entry of immigrants and which is in the fundamental charter for a living multi-ethnic, can not rely on repression, on the indiscriminate rejections and the state police, but has to be based on the reception. Not be regarded, in fact, 'Hostis' who gave the Constitution and our cultural tradition considers 'Hospes' "." Therefore, brothers migrants - ends - an invitation to come and stay in Italy because it is not true that you are criminals, because it is not true that you come to steal our workplace, it is not true that you are too, so it can not be integrated into our social fabric. I invite you to come and stay in Italy as in any case you have something to give, because you can help this country to change, because there are not only those who do not want you: fortunately, there are many who are happy to have you with us, and I do not see why racism should always prevail. "
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