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Top Cardinal Sounds Alarm Over Emigration Crisis Out of Italy

by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D The President of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) has denounced the forced exodus of Italy’s best and brightest, warning that the loss of talented Italian citizens is “depleting” the country. In his state-of-the-Italian-Church address Monday before his fellow bishops, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco tied the high levels of Italian emigration to an ongoing economic crisis that has dried up the jobs market and left many Italians in dire financial straits. “The official figures speak for themselves,” Bagnasco said, noting Italy’s grim economic statistics. “New contracts have decreased by 12.1 percent, GDP is not growing, unemployment among… View Article