I live in Oxford, and this decision is typical of the atheistic stand the Council often takes in the name of multi-culturalism and inclusivity. Leaders of other faiths in Oxford as dismayed by this too, as they know as well as I do that at the heart of this is a wish to deny any sort of space for God in the world. Well done the Vatican for speaking out!

Deacon Richard Budgen
Diocese of Portsmouth

Asia and Migration

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The address Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, prepared for a conference organized by that dicastery in collaboration with the episcopal conference of Thailand, is available on ZENIT’s Web page.