Instrumental use of faith creates satrapies nourished by death says Mattarella

The Instrumental use of religious

faith creates satrapies nourished by death, President Sergio

Mattarella said Thursday.

"The profession of faith, alongside a personal and intimate

dimension, specific to every human being, which I personally

sense, also expresses a plural, collective character, capable of

generating peaceful coexistence, tolerance, and respect for

others," he said.

"It is an experience that daily builds peaceful relationships

and connections, which are opposed to satrapies that instead

fabricate cruel, morally distorted narratives nourished by war

and death.

"The instrumental use of faith, repeatedly denounced by

religious leaders, is a deception that poisons and kills the

soul."

Mattarella was speaking in the Chamber of Deputies for the

celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the first session of the

Constituent Assembly.

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