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Showing posts with label Federico Lombardi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federico Lombardi. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2013

A Vatican Spokesman's Misguided Statement on Gun Control

From CatholicCulture.org
By Philip F. Lawler

Let’s make something clear right away. Pope Benedict has not endorsed the Obama administration’s gun-control plans. The Pope has said nothing on the subject. But Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office—has released a statement on gun control, in his weekly editorial commentary for Vatican Radio. Inevitably his editorial will be portrayed by careless reporters as an official statement of the Vatican’s position. It is not; Father Lombardi does not set policy for the Vatican, or make authoritative statements for the Catholic Church.