"A peaceful revolution of values" to get out of the "blind alley" in which Greece is, with the latest riots "testifying to the moral void that exists within the state and social institutions". This is invoked by the Greek Bishops Conference that relayed a release last night in which it expresses "sympathy with the grief" of the family of the boy that was killed by police and asks "the State for every humane care". "We are experiencing a deep crisis of values reads the document signed by the president of the Greek Bishops, mgr. Francesco Papamanolis , the detachment from the Christians social doctrine and the abandonment of the common values of humanity and the respect of life, of people, property and difference, as well as unbridled materialism, lead to what is happening in our country in these days". "The Catholic Church invites the Government, the political parties, the trade unions, the intellectuals, the citizens of any age, class or ideology, especially those that are inspired by a Christian spirit, to cooperate with the whole of society for a peaceful revolution of values. Only through a sincere dialogue, based on the common values of humanity, which are also Christian values, and on the respect of the human being conclude the Bishops , will the further fall of values be stopped and will the right way out of this blind alley be found.” “
