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Titolo: Card. Sodano: Dov'e' la legalita' oggi in Israele?

M.o.: Card. Sodano, Dov'e' La Legalita' Oggi In Israele?
(ASCA) - Venezia, 24 apr - ''Dov'e' la legalita' oggi in Israele? Io ripeto
sempre che ci sono risoluzioni delle Nazioni Unite che vanno applicate''. Ad
affermarlo e' il segretario di Stato vaticano, il cardinale Angelo Sodano a
margine dell'inaugurazione a Venezia dello ''Studio generale Marcianum''.
All'osservazione che il governo di Sharon giustifica le sue prese di
posizione con l'esigenze di legalita' e della sua sicurezza, ha risposto:
''Vogliamo la legalita'? Cominciamo da li'''. Per quanto riguarda in
particolare il caso di Arafat ''noi -ha aggiunto il cardinale- non dobbiamo
avere due pesi e due misure. Quando si parla di legalita' internazionale,
questo vale per l'Italia, vale per l'Iraq, vale per Israele, vale per la
Palestina''. Sodano ha poi sottolineato che ''noi italiani, tanto piu' noi
cristiani abbiamo il culto della legalita'. Qui in Italia la Conferenza
episcopale ha elaborato un documento che bisognerebbe riprendere,
sull'educazione alla legalita'. Certo -ha proseguito- prima del diritto c'e'
la giustizia; a volte una cosa puo' essere legale, ma potrebbe anche essere
ingiusta'' in ogni caso - ha concluso Sodano - ''per noi non e' che la
legalita' sia tutto''.

poco fa al corso biblico su Giona, Luca Moscatelli:
in ebraico il vocabolo 'distruggere' ha mmmmolte varianti,
molte varianti x rendere....
Che sia anche questo un 'segno'??
pb

 (ASCA) - Venezia, 24 apr - ''Dov'e' la legalita' oggi in Israele?
giusto che lo dica Sodano.
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/060200/060200a.htm
Angelo Sodano
Sodano's service in Chile began four years after Pinochet had toppled the
elected government of socialist President Salvador Allende in 1973. Sodano,
now 72, represented a rival center of power to Santiago's Cardinal Raul
Silva Enríquez, a John XXIII appointee who had cautiously supported Allende
and was critical of Pinochet. The nunciature in Santiago came to be seen as
the headquarters of the conservative, pro-Pinochet wing of the Catholic
church.
Chile's post-Pinochet civilian government concluded that 3,191 people were
either killed or disappeared under his regime, though unofficial estimates
put the total at several times that number. When the general stepped down in
1990, he did so after securing the status of head of the armed forces and
immunity from prosecution.
Sodano was publicly critical of the Sebastiano Acevedo Movement, composed of
religious and laity who staged demonstrations outside secret prisons and
police stations during the Pinochet years to protest the torture they
believed was going on inside. In the run-up to a key plebiscite in 1988,
Sodano appeared at a televised gathering of Pinochet supporters. One year
later he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit by Pinochet for
his "skill and brilliance" in diplomacy.
In 1987, Sodano choreographed John Paul II's visit to Chile, and although
the pope had described the regime as "transitory by definition" on the papal
plane, a different message was communicated on the ground. The pope
administered Communion to Pinochet and then appeared with him on the balcony
of Moneda Palace to the cheers of Pinochet supporters.
In 1993, Sodano sent a telegram to Pinochet to mark his 50th wedding
anniversary. It read: "Your Excellency, The Holy Father has been informed of
the forthcoming family celebration to mark your 50th wedding anniversary,and
has asked me to send you and your distinguished spouse the pontifical
autograph enclosed herewith as an expression of his particular benevolence.
His Holiness cherishes moving memories of the meeting he had with members of
your family on the occasion of his extraordinary pastoral visit to Chile in
1987. He entrusts to the Lord your home and family where mutual love and
trust in God's grace reign. I would like to take this opportunity of
expressing once again the highest esteem in which I hold your Excellency."
Under Sodano's influence, a string of steadily conservative bishops were
appointed in Chile. They included Antonio Moreno of Concepción, who forbade
priests and nuns to take part in public protests against Pinochet, even if
their role was simply to lead prayers. Moreno also led an investigation into
a seminary accused of allowing its students to take part in protests.
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