Italian bishops' leader argues against Berlusconi political comeback
March 13, 2015
The president of the Italian bishops’ conference has expressed reservations about a plan by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to return to the political scene.
Berlusconi voiced his interest in a political comeback after he was acquitted on charges that he had knowingly engaged an underage prostitute.
“What individuals decide is always a personal decision,” said Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, but in a case involving the public, “personal decisions are not enough.”
Avvenire, the newspaper owner by the Italian hierarchy, published an editorial arguing against a Berlusconi revival, noting that ‘the favorable criminal outcome for Berlusconi does not cancel out the case’s institutional and moral significance.”
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