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THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES TO DEMOCRACY PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008
"There are no alternatives to democracy". It was declared to SIR by Msgr. Luigi Padovese today, the apostolic vicar of Anatolia and president of the Turkish Bishops' Conference, on the day after the massacre happened in Istanbul yesterday, after the explosion of two bombs. The bishop talked about "feelings of anxiety" and immediately recalled that the Turkish Constitutional Court met today to decide on the banishment of the AK government party, accused of the will to introduce the Islamic Law into the lay country with Muslim majority. "We are expecting the judgement of the Constitutional Court - said the bishop - to know which decisions it will take. These bombs have a very clear character: destabilizing a situation which is already restless enough. It is clear that one day before the judgement day, the whole thing can only be understood in this way". "The appeal which we can launch is worth less than nothing. Moreover, we are not such a representative entity. However, the appeal - added the bishop - is for letting democracy prevail within this country".
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HOLY SEE-IRAQ: BENEDICT XVI TO AL-MALIKI, “STOP VIOLENCE” PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 25 July 2008
A condemnation of the violence that is affecting Iraq, including the Christian communities, and a wish that "the way to peace and development may be firmly found through dialogue and cooperation between all the ethnic and religious groups": this came up today from the meeting between Benedict XVI and Nouri Kamel Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, in the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo. The talks, according to a release from the Vatican Newsroom, "that have taken place in a friendly climate, reviewed some fundamental aspects of the Iraqi situation, looking at the regional context as well". Special attention, goes on the release, "was paid to the problem of the many Iraqi refugees inside and outside the country who need assistance, possibly with a view to a longed-for return home".
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