Thursday, December 09, 2004
CHRISTIANOPHOBIA
New word being coined.
PARIS — A Vatican diplomatic campaign is trying to have "Christianophobia" recognized as an evil that is equal to hatred of Jews and Muslims.
The discreet drive, which the Roman Catholic Church first mentioned publicly on Friday, seeks official recognition by the United Nations and other international organizations of discrimination against and persecution of Christians.
The Holy See is pressing the point despite two setbacks this year — when the European Union refused to refer to the continent's Christian heritage in its new constitution and when it turned down a new commissioner because he was a conservative Catholic.
