Cardinal Says Intolerance of Christians in Mid East Is Becoming a Form of Religious Cleansing

Catholic Online: Despite the diverse situations that form the background of these events, Cardinal Bagnasco reflected, the “the Middle East is certainly the region with the highest tension; there, Christianophobia, which is the most current version of religious intolerance, is not far from becoming now a form of ethnic or religious cleansing,” despite the fact that “for centuries that land has been a laboratory of coexistence between different faiths and ethnic groups.” Read excerpts from the Cardinal’s address at the Italian Bishop’s Conference here.