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Bishop: Islam Expanding Conquests
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Islam is driving into predominantly Christian countries
in a new campaign of expansion and conquest, a bishop at a Vatican synod
claimed Wednesday in a warning to his European colleagues.
Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, archbishop of Izmir in Turkey, spoke at a synod
of European bishops on what he said was Islam's growing challenge to
Christianity, even on its home ground.
``The 'domination' has already started with petrodollars, used not to create
jobs in poor countries in North Africa and the Middle East, but to build
mosques and cultural centers in Christian countries ... including Rome,
center of Christianity,'' Bernardini declared.
``Who cannot see in this a clear program of expansion and reconquest?'' he
asked.
The dire tone of his warning contrasted with repeated overtures to the
Islamic world by Pope John Paul II, whose comments on Islam frequently stress
the values it shares with Christianity.
The archbishop was one of several at the synod to express frustration in
dealing with the Islamic world, however. Others in the weeklong session have
spoken of the need for cooperation between Muslims and Christians.
Bernardini suggested the church call a synod specifically on the theme of
Islam in predominantly Christian countries.
As a first, practical step, he said, Catholics must see to it that none of
their churches are ceded to Muslims for practice of their faith.
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