The Church Breaks its Silence over the Islam of the Ayatollahs

The Vatican lodges diplomatic objections. And the international magazine of the patriarchate of Venice, “Oasis,” publishes a report on the repression of Christians in Iran. Here it is.
by Sandro Magister

ROMA, November 11, 2005 – At the very moment when Iran is more at the center of the world’s attention than ever – on account of its nuclear weapons program and its restatement of its desire to eliminate the state of Israel – even the Vatican, which is usually prudent diplomatically, has made a little foray out of its customary silence.

On October 28, a press release from the Holy See press office, which was dictated by the secretariat of state, condemned “some particularly serious and unacceptable declarations denying the state of Israel’s right to exist.”

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