Magazine content is available exclusively for TIME subscribers.Religion: Vatican and Racism
Continuing the Aryanization of Italy, the Italian Government last month decreed : that Italians may no longer marry non-Aryans; that Italian civil and military officials may not marry foreigners; that other Italians may marry foreigners only with permission of the Ministry of the Interior. These decrees incensed the Holy See. In practice the number of marriages involved is small; but in theory the laws violate the 1929 concordat between Church and State. By that concordat. Italy recognizes the validity of all marriages contracted in Roman Catholic churches.
Last week the Vatican Osservatore Romano...
Email, Password or Region is incorrect
A required form parameter was missing.
The System is currently down. Please try again in a few minutes.
Email Address is invalid
Password is blank
Most Popular »
- Your Turn, Canada: A Second-By-Second Look at Jeremy Lin Lighting Up Toronto
- Love Ever After: A Valentine’s Day Special
- Linsanity Heads East, Linfects China and Taiwan
- Can Jeremy Lin End The MSG/Time Warner Cable War?
- After Whitney Houston, Musicians Say: I'm Afraid
- Move Over, Pajama Jeans: Dress-Pant Sweatpants Have Arrived
- Music: White Lies and The White Stripes
- Top 10 Famous Love Letters
- Roving the Red Planet
- Rick Santorum Wants to Fight 'The Dangers Of Contraception'
- Beirut: Where Valentine's Day Belongs to Another Kind of Saint
- Europe's Deep Freeze: Why Climate Change Is Not (Entirely) to Blame
- Under Armour's Big Step Up
- Archaeology in Jerusalem: Digging Up Trouble
- The Power of Make-Believe
- Russian Kids in America: When The Adopted Can't Adapt
- What Happens When We Die?
- How Not to Raise a Bully: The Early Roots of Empathy
- Burning Desire For Freedom
- Friends With Benefits
More News from Our Partners
Top Stories on TIME.com
Quotes of the Day »
