Persecution of Christians is an emergency, says Italy's FM
(AGI) Rome, March 16 - As the world mourned and prayed forChristians in Pakistan following the Taliban attacks on twoLahore churches in which 15 people were killed, Italian ForeignMinister, Paolo Gentiloni, echoed Pope Francis's prayer onSunday: "That this persecution against Christians, which theworld tries to hide, might end, and that there be peace." MrGentiloni said that the persecution of Christians and, moregenerally, of religious minorities are "one of the emergenciesof our time" and, before the meeting with his EU counterpartsin Brussels, called for "Europe to pressure governments tointervene." The two