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December 28, 2005
Vatican City: Italian Bishops Warn Women Against Marrying Muslims
A wise warning, but it will take far more than this to stop the Islamic demographic Jihad: Cardinals issue marriage warning
A number of Catholic cardinals have warned Italian women against mixed marriages with the rising number of Muslims in the country.Church officials say that as Italy's Muslim population touches the one million mark, some 20,000 mixed marriages took place this year alone.
That is an increase of around 10% on last year.
The Catholic Church's official position is to encourage dialogue between Rome and other religions, including Islam.
The late Pope John Paul II was the first pope in history to pray in a mosque, when he visited Damascus. His successor, Benedict XVI, has insisted that he is also keen to promote religious and cultural dialogue with the Islamic world.
But two documents published in Rome have called for extreme caution by Catholic women contemplating marriage to a Muslim.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at December 28, 2005 7:49 PM
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