Italian bishop, former spokesman in public row over endorsement of Northern League candidate
June 01, 2015
A public controversy has erupted in Verona, Italy, where the bishop has endorsed a political candidate of the Northern League, and his former spokesman has countered that Catholics cannot in conscience support the same candidate.
Bishop Giuseppe Zenti was caught up in a televised dispute with his former spokesman, Bruno Fasari, who denounced the bishop’s endorsement of Matteo Salvini in regional elections. The bishop scolded Fasari for contradicting him in public; his former spokesman shot back that he had resigned, and was not obligated to support the bishop’s political stand.
Bishop Zenti is the first Italian prelate to give public support to the Northern League, a political bloc born of regionalist sympathies that has taken strong stands against abortion and homosexuality while also opposing immigration.
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