Galantino scorns anti-migrant 'peddlers'

(ANSA) - Rome, August 10 - Msgr Nunzio Galantino, head of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI), on Monday denounced politicians peddling anti-migrant ideas solely to win votes. He told Vatican Radio that "these salesmen" were making comments which Galantino said were "extraordinarily silly" and designed only to pander to some voters. He spoke amid controversy over the arrival of migrants in Italy, as Pope Francis has said that not welcoming migrants was an act of war and violence, a position rejected by Northern League leader Matteo Salvini.