![]() To this can be added problems of a political and economic nature: a society cannot indiscriminately absorb mass immigration and the fact that making such a movement of people palatable relies on the desire of unscrupulous people to exploit the poor on the other side of the Mediterranean as cheap labour. To all of this, we can add the fear-in the case of such a large Islamic presence, which has not been absorbed by the liberal materialism of the West-of a real, true seizure by such groups of power over our societies, as has been predicted and yearned for by so many imams and Muslim figures … or at least the real (and current) danger of serious disturbances. The presence of large communities of other faiths certainly serves to justify the granting of equal rights and dignities to all faiths, and to promote indifferentism. ![]() The problem of immigration is always a difficult one to tackle, since, in addition to the real drama of many suffering individuals there is the more worrisome global scenario, with the dissolving of Europe’s Christian identity in a liberal cauldron of different cultures, among which a large Muslim community can be found, almost like a locksmith working to unhinge Christianity’s pre-eminent position on the religious level. The recent trip to Lampedusa, one of the “existential fringes” which are so close to his heart, was certainly a major event. It isn’t easy to follow the evolution of the pontificate of Francis, although its broad strokes appear clearly enough. Comments in square brackets and footnotes by the translator. ![]() Translated from the original Italian article, on the Web site of the Italian province of the Priestly Fraternity of St.
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