"In general, the situation in the last few months said Irena Sargankova is influenced by the bill launched by proposal of the government to solve the old problem of indemnifying the Church for ecclesiastical goods. The problem is that this thing is generating the impression of a Church wishing to be rich in the public opinion". "Above all went on the Austrian colleague Erich Leitenberg , difficulties arise when the Church takes part in the public debate in relation to abortion and the family. In those cases, newspapers regularly suspect the Church to be always against progress, supporting conservative positions. It is difficult to let everybody understand that the contribution of the Church to integral humanism may agree with the defence of the right to live, above all, the defence of unprotected life, of the family based on marriage, that is, on a steady relationship between man and woman". "The media went on the Swiss Walter Muller are looking for all the positions of the Church which are compatible with the things which may be accepted by the public opinion, such as declarations in favour of the environment. Dialogue becomes more difficult when the Church defends bioethical positions, or when it takes part in euthanasia debates". (to be continued)
