The Italian Catholic bishops are divided, the daily La Stampa reports, over the wording of a document in which the bishops' conference will take its public stand on proposed legislation to recognize civil unions.According to the Turin daily, there are disagreements within the Italian bishops' conference on whether or not Catholic politicians who approve the civil-union legislation should be subject to some other ecclesiastic sanction, including possibly denial of the Eucharist.
La Stampa reports that several prelates-- including Archbishop Domenico Graziani of Crotone; Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari of L'Aquila; Archbishop Luigi Moretti, an auxiliary in Rome; and Bishop Liugi Negri, an auxiliary of Florianapolis with close ties to the Communion and Liberation movement, all have backed sanctions for politicians who support the measure.
Bishop Antonio Lanfranchini of Cesena-Sarsina and Bishop Antonio Riboldi, the retired Bishop of Acerra, have weighed in against the disciplinary sanctions, La Stampa claims.
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