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| Italian PM Draghi pushes back at Vatican over opposition to anti-homophobia bill, says Italy is ‘a secular state’ | Italian PM Draghi pushes back at Vatican over opposition to anti-homophobia bill, says Italy is ‘a secular state’ |
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| Prime Minister Mario Draghi has shot down Vatican concerns that an anti-homophobia bill being examined by Italy’s parliament could undermine church freedoms – with Draghi emphasizing that the country is officially a secular state. | Prime Minister Mario Draghi has shot down Vatican concerns that an anti-homophobia bill being examined by Italy’s parliament could undermine church freedoms – with Draghi emphasizing that the country is officially a secular state. |
| Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States at the Vatican, reportedly sent a letter last week to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See expressing concern that the legislation – under which no schools, including private Catholic schools, would be exempt from participating in a proposed National Day Against Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia – interferes with the freedom of the Church. | Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States at the Vatican, reportedly sent a letter last week to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See expressing concern that the legislation – under which no schools, including private Catholic schools, would be exempt from participating in a proposed National Day Against Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia – interferes with the freedom of the Church. |
| In his letter, Gallagher reportedly pointed towards the 1929 Italy-Vatican treaty which gives the Church the right to run its own affairs. | In his letter, Gallagher reportedly pointed towards the 1929 Italy-Vatican treaty which gives the Church the right to run its own affairs. |
| The bill would also make discrimination against people based on their gender or sexual identity an imprisonable offense. | The bill would also make discrimination against people based on their gender or sexual identity an imprisonable offense. |
| Draghi tackled the Vatican’s concerns on Wednesday, telling the Italian Senate that Italy “is a secular state, not a religious state,” and has “a parliament that is certainly free to discuss and legislate.” | Draghi tackled the Vatican’s concerns on Wednesday, telling the Italian Senate that Italy “is a secular state, not a religious state,” and has “a parliament that is certainly free to discuss and legislate.” |
| The prime minister also said that Italy’s legal system “contains all the guarantees to ensure that laws always respect constitutional principles and international commitments, including the concordat with the Church.” | The prime minister also said that Italy’s legal system “contains all the guarantees to ensure that laws always respect constitutional principles and international commitments, including the concordat with the Church.” |
| Vatican City was established in 1929 as a state that is independent from Italy following the signing of the Lateran Treaty. | Vatican City was established in 1929 as a state that is independent from Italy following the signing of the Lateran Treaty. |
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