"Dico cattolici per modo di dire...." Centonove
Weekly of Politics, Culture, Economy
N. 8 of 25 February 2011 Page 2
But what have the catttolici
Francesco Palazzo
"Catholics say so to speak, ever known in my life here a true Catholic, ninety-two years and am about to do. There are people in his life he ate maybe half a body made of wheat Majorcan hosts, and is always ready to put your hands in the pockets of others, a kick in the face of a dying man, and a blow to the shotgun kidneys of a healthy ". Thus, Professor Roscoe in the novel To each his own Sciascia, speaking of the Sicilians. Came to mind as I read this passage the debate that is developing, as well as on this pagan symbol in the flag of Sicily, the triskelion, on civil unions. But what enters Catholicism and Christianity, which are not synonymous, with the recognition of certain rights to unmarried couples, homosexual or heterosexual? Nothing, of course. Indeed, as demonstrated by the appeal of Don Cosimo Scordato, a priest in the district capital of palaces, which claims that "homosexuals are normal people, not mistakes of nature or ill, they have every right to love and be loved and form families, "the profess a religious belief should only be a good starting point for humanity more mature and inclusive. Not a hindrance. Let's see, however, that the bill presented ARS on unmarried couples, homosexual or heterosexual, many argue, in and out of the Sicilian parliament, which will prevent them from being Catholic to vote or share this legislation. So faith does not impede the food patronage, corruption, relations with the mafias, the systematic occupation of positions of power, the squandering of public resources, but it is a bulwark, a mountain, when it comes to recognizing fundamental rights. Another pastor of the church in Palermo, Don Francesco Romano, says clearly that, in this case, the Sicilian Regional Assembly should not legislate on behalf of the church but in the name of the sovereign people. There a priest wants to remember the basics of the liberal state. Mind you, Forget and Romano are two white flies in the sanctuary of Sicily. The appeal of Scordato was greeted with barely concealed annoyance by some prelates have said publicly that at least like minded people, for the rest of an icy silence. The fate of Father Romano, the curtain has fallen heaviest of indifference in the Catholic world. It would be interesting, on both issues, rights for homosexuals and unmarried couples, know what you think of Sicily the primate, Cardinal Paolo Romeo of Palermo and, with him, all the bishops' conference in Sicily. Because, you see, is simple grumble all the time, public institutions, municipalities, provinces and regions, to do their duty all the way to the excluded and to the whole community. It 'like pushing an open door. This is foreign policy on the cheap. What matters is the internal politics. Since when speaking of others and to others is easy to exercise moral leadership. But the point is that if he was not consistent in domestic politics, government of its scope, all the reproaches and criticisms to the outside are likely to become, at best, pure distillate of useless rhetoric. We know that. There are different ways of living the Catholic faith. Both among political practitioners, and between these clerics and the faithful. Just as there are different how to interpret secularism within the institutions, parties, society and within the church. Let's face it, though, of course. Even if they were a few Catholics who support certain extremist positions, and are not a minority, to use the religious affiliation in order to deny basic rights, consistent, in this case, employment of the partner to the disease, or you can have a lease or apply for public housing, before a contradiction to the Gospel, is the most inhuman to exist. Why the Catholic and his church, as pointed out by Forget, which is unlikely we will see Archbishop of Palermo, should have "the ability to love the person, as such, must be respected and recognized in his own human dignity. "