Rome, Italy, May 15, 2006 / 22:00 pm
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar for the Archdiocese of Rome opened yesterday the assembly of Italian Bishops Conference, at the Vatican. Cardinal Ruini took the opportunity to recall the Church's strong commitment on ethical issues.
He opened his statement recalling the Italian soldiers who died in recent attacks in Irak: "Our pain is great and intense for these upright and brave men, who fell while carrying out their duty, and for their family members."
Cardinal Ruini then undelined the spirit and practice bishops and priests should conform to, along the words of Benedict XVI to the priests of Rome “not to put ourselves and our opinions forth, but the mystery of Christ, through the measure of a true humanism.”
He then went through the situation of Italy, particularly “the compromise for human life, from the first moments of its conception until its natural end, and legitimate families founded upon matrimony.”