En anerkjent og respektert skikkelse i Vatikanet, fader Piero Gheddo, sier kristne europeere må ta større ansvar for kontinentets fremtid. Det fødes for få barn til å sikre nasjonen, mens en stor del av innvandrerne er muslimer som føder mange barn. Utviklingen går fort og europeerne må våkne, sier fader Gheddo.

European Christians should have more children to stop the continent becoming ‘Islamised’, a senior Vatican official has suggested.
Father Piero Gheddo said the low birth rate of indigenous Europeans combined with a huge wave of Muslim migrants with large families would ‘sooner or later’ see Europe dominated by Islam.

Italian Father Gheddo is a highly respected figure from the Vatican’s Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, a society of missionaries.
He blamed Christians for failing to live up to their own beliefs and creating a ‘religious vacuum’ which was being filled by Islam.
‘The challenge must be taken seriously,’ he said.
‘Certainly from a demographic point of view, as it is clear to everyone that Italians are decreasing by 120,000 or 130,000 persons a year because of abortion and broken families – while among the more than 200,000 legal immigrants a year in Italy, more than half are Muslims and Muslim families, which have a much higher level of growth.’
He added: ‘If we consider ourselves a Christian country, we should return to the practice of Christian life, which would also solve the problem of empty cradles.’

Europe is becoming ‘Islamised’ warns Vatican official as he urges Christians to have more children