US embassy cable - 01VATICAN3661

C O N F I D E N T I A L VATICAN 003661 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/ERA (L. TROST), EUR/WE (DEAN, KILNER) 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/11 
TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, ECON, ETRD, IT, VT 
SUBJECT: CARDINAL OF GENOA: 
         "I WILL URGE RESTRAINT DURING G-8" 
 
 
CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE, PER SECTION 1.5(B) 
 
1. (C) CHARGE AND POLOFF MET WITH CARDINAL DIONIGI 
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TETTAMANZI OF GENOA IN ROME ON FRIDAY, JULY 6.  TETTAMANZI 
WAS IN ROME FOR MEETINGS WITH THE POPE, ITALIAN PRIME 
MINISTER BERLUSCONI, AND ITALIAN INTERIOR MINISTER SCAEOLA 
ON THE EVE OF THE G-8 SUMMIT.  HE SAID THAT ALL ARE ASKING 
HIM TO URGE RESTRAINT BY HIS MANY ANTI-GLOBALIZATION 
FOLLOWERS. 
 
2. (C) TETTAMANZI SAID THAT IF FACT, HE IS NOT ANTI- 
GLOBALIZATION, RATHER HE ACCEPTS IT AS A FACT, BUT WISHES 
THE WORLD LEADERS TO REALIZE THE NEED TO BETTER ADDRESS THE 
CONCERNS OF THE POOR COUNTRIES.  HE POINTED TO THE FACT 
THAT IN HIS RECENTLY RELEASED BOOK "GLOBALIZATION: A 
CHALLENGE", HE NOTES THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION 
ON THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT.  THAT SAID, HE WOULD BE 
SUPPORTING PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLIGHT 
OF THE WORLD'S POOR.  HE ASSURED US, HOWEVER, THAT THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS, WHICH HE WILL BE INVOLVED IN, WOULD TAKE 
PLACE BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE SUMMIT, AND AFTER ITS 
CLOSE. 
 
3. (C) COMMENT: EMBASSY BELIEVES TETTAMANZI WILL DO HIS 
BEST TO AVOID PARTICIPATION OF HIS FOLLOWERS IN THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS DURING THE SUMMIT.  HE DID NOTE, HOWEVER, 
THERE ARE ONE OR TWO CATHOLIC PRIESTS WHO HE DESCRIBES AS 
"RADICAL" WHO WILL ACTIVELY TRY TO DISRUPT THE MEETINGS. 
POST WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ON THESE 
ACTIVITIES.  MERANTE 
 
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