Cardinal Domenico Battaglia, Archbishop of Naples, last Saturday morning in a lecture to workers engaged in pastoral care for Roma, Sinti, and Caminanti, gathered in the Campania capital for their annual meeting said that Pastoral care for Roma and Sinti requires “recognizing the dignity of those who live with pauses and restarts, dismantling the prejudice that confuses mobility and suspicion, moving from a ‘integration’ that unifies to an alliance that values ​​languages, crafts, music, and extended family.”

Well, the catholic church doesn’t have a good track record of caring for Roma …

• Rom e sinti: card. Battaglia (Napoli), “niente sgomberi senza alternativa, nessun ordine senza ascolto, nessuna statistica senza volti”. In: Agen SIR. 15.09.2025.https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2025/9/15/rom-e-sinti-card-battaglia-napoli-niente-sgomberi-senza-alternativa-nessun-ordine-senza-ascolto-nessuna-statistica-senza-volti/