The fact that the Catholic Church in Italy gave sanctuary to some Jews and other minorities during the Nazi-Fascist persecutions of Jews and political opponents entitles it to receive government financial assistance for the building of Catholic Churches and parish horses, according to proponents of a bill now before the Italian Parliament to spend $12,000,000 for this purpose.
This is one of the arguments used by members of Premier Alcide de Gasperi’s Christian Democratic Party to support their contention that the Catholic Church is entitled to preferential treatment in the use of tax funds. Religious minorities oppose the measure, which provides no funds for buildings for any other religious movement.
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