THE BARBERO AFFAIR

What has just happened to Barbero, excommunicated by his bishop, once again sheds light upon the formal and authoritarian style of a kind of Church, that instead should be ready to fraternally communicate and talk about questionable matters.
Every man is the son of God, mainly a presbyter like Franco Barbero, that generously works for the Gospel and the Man.
But I firmly disagree with his denial of the divinity of Christ, present in the whole Church in an unconfessed way.
I strongly praise his lively social and moral themes.
I wish him success and serenity.

Priest Dr. Franco Ratti

Reported by     

  • The “Liberation” newspaper of 1 March 2002     
  • The weekly “La Rinascita” of 8 March 2002     
  • The “Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia” newspaper of March 14, 2002    
  • The “Corriere dell’Irpinia” newspaper of 1 March 2002     
  • The “Ottopagine” newspaper of 2 March 2002     
  • “Prima TV” of 28 February 2002 – at 2.30 pm (with reply at 6.00 pm)     
  • “Telenostra” of 28 February 2002 – at 2.30 pm (with reply at 5.30 pm)

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