(ANSA) - Nuoro, November 29 - A parish priest in this
Sardinian town has caused an outcry by criticising migrant
beggars.
In an editorial in his parish weekly, Father Francesco
Mariani says "I don't know you, but I have felt great unease" at
migrant beggars in front of the church or outside of bars and
supermarkets.
Father Mariani told ANSA: "I'm just trying to make sense of
what's happening".
Centre-left parties criticised the priest as going against
the Catholic Church's welcoming stance.
But the rightwing Brothers of Italy party defended him,
saying "we have always been against clandestine immigration" and
saying the priest had been the victim of "hypocritical" attacks
for simply speaking his mind.
Priest slams migrant beggars (2)
In Nuoro