Monsignor Savino, ‘no to ghettos, inclusion is a sign of civilization’
“While respecting every opinion and every political choice, a cultural vision of life is at stake here. These statements take us back to the darkest periods of our history.
I would like to say, with Pope Francis, that inclusion is a sign of civilization.”
Thus the vice-president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Msgr. Francesco Savino comments to ANSA on General Roberto Vannacci’s statements according to which it is necessary to organize special school classes for disabled children. For the bishop of Cassano all’Ionio “difference is not a problem but a resource”.
For the vice-president of the CEI, “separated classes reproduce ghettos. Separation into different classes for disabled siblings means that they are to be marginalized or viewed with suspicion. And instead they have many skills that we don’t have.”
The bishop of Cassano recalls this year’s Via Crucis that his diocese wanted to dedicate to the disabled.
“They were the protagonists and I, but perhaps not only me, returned home feeling that I had lived a truly beautiful experience. When there is inclusion they know how to give the best of themselves. They give us lessons in life, in humanity, in beauty.”
“Please – concludes the vice president of the Italian bishops – let’s be serious and be responsible”.
