(ANSA) - Cassano allo Jonio (Cosenza), March 6 - The
Secretary-General of the Italian bishops' conference accused the
Italian government on Friday of being dictated by lobbies.
"Italy is the country led by the lobbies. If something is
left over from the lobbies, it ends up also with the people, but
in substance this is, alas, our structure," said Nunzio
Galantino in a homily during mass to honour the patron saint of
Cassano allo Jonio, where Galantino is bishop emeritus.
"Politics does not always, or almost never, coalesces on the
needs of those who can not make it. Politics supports and
fattens those who are already fat enough," Galantino said.
"Certain social situations are the result of boundless
selfishness. Young people are increasingly lost and short of
hope, families struggling with the risk of not making it. A
culture flattened by partisan interests".
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