The Italian Bishops Conference
(CEI) Secretary-General, Msgr Nunzio Galantino, on Thursday
accused parliament of "accelerating" on gay rights by approving
civil unions but of "not wanting" to do the same for a 'ius
soli' law on immigrant children citizenship. He said the CEI
believed the 'law of the soil' would "reduce the number of
people without a homeland". The ius soli bill, which would grant
citizenship to the children of long-term immigrants born in
Italy and having completed at least five years of Italian
schooling, has been blocked in the Senate by the centrist
Catholic Popular Area (AP) party.
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