RUPPI AND ISLAM

I’ve been, to say the least, upset by Monsignor Ruppi’s words, archibishop in Lecce: “It is impossible to have a dialogue with Islam”.
Upset as a man, as a catholic, as a priest.

  1. As a man. Democracy, in which I personally believe, can not be imposed on any person and People.
  2. As a catholic. We are irreversibly shaped by the Vatican Council II, the council of the dialogue. You can not have a dialogue only with people that are able to. Wanting the dialogue is pure and simple fundamentalism.
  3. As a priest. I verify that a few bishops are too close to the Council of Trento, the council of the opposites and distances.

As a Christian. Hope is the DNA of History. Every human event, included Islam, is plastic so that can be modifiable and improved. It is up to us.

Priest Dr. Franco Ratti

Reported by     

  • The “La Repubblica-Bari” newspaper of 29 September 2002     
  • The newspaper “La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno” of 29 September 2002     
  • The “Corriere dell’Irpinia” newspaper of 3 October 2002     
  • The newspaper “Il Giornale” of 4 October 2002     
  • The newspaper “Il Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia-Bari” of 6 October 2002     
  • The “Ottopagine” newspaper of 6 October 2002     
  • The weekly magazine “L’Espresso” of 10 October 2002     
  • The “Corriere del Mezzogiorno” newspaper of 18 October 2002     
  • The “Corriere della Sera (Io Donna)” newspaper of 19 October 2002     
  • The magazine “Il Borgo” – November 2002     
  • “Prima Tivvù” of 2 October 2002 (hours 14.00; 18.00; 20.30; 23.15)     
  • “Telenostra” of October 5th 2002 (2.30pm, 5.30pm, 8.30pm, 23.15pm)

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