The duty of priests on the occasion of electoral rounds in the cities is to make themselves aware "and to the faithful to identify which sensitivity and attention is reserved for the family desired by God and not altered by the ideology of gender, to the theme of abortion and euthanasia".
It is a passage from the letter sent to the confreres of the diocese by the bishop of Verona, Msgr.
Giuseppe Zeni, dated June 18, in the middle of the election campaign for the new mayor of the city.
The task of the ordained, explains Zenti, "is not to shy away from parties or people, but to point out the presence or lack of civil values with Christian roots".
In the letter, the bishop indicates other values whose presence the faithful should pay attention to when considering the candidates' programs: "the theme of unemployment, attention to poverty, disabilities, welcoming foreigners, young people, Catholic schools, starting with the maternal ".
These, underlines Msgr.
Zenti, writing to the priests and deacons of the diocese of San Zeno, "are priority frontiers that act as a filter for the conscience of political or administrative choices".
Bishop Giuseppe Zenti is 75 years old, and is about to leave his post.
