Today, 26 October 2014, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, received the visit of Mrs Giovanna Iurato, Prefect within the Ministry of the Italian Interior, Head of the Department for civil freedoms and immigration – Central Branch for Religious Affairs. Mrs Prefect was accompanied by rev. Gheorghe Militaru, counsellor within the Eparchial Centre of Rome, and by Univ. Prof. Giuseppe Giordan.
They discussed about religious freedom, about the way in which the Romanians living in the Peninsula could be easier integrated as well as about an academic partnership.
“The role of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy is a very important one in regard to the social cohesion and integration and this thing is basic for the Italian state, which receives and tries to support their settlement in the bottom of the Italian society. Therefore, having been representatives of the Italian state, we wish a better collaboration with the religious authorities both from Romania and from Italy in order to guarantee full rights to the Romanians who immigrate to Italy trying to find a better future for them and for their children. I have also proposed His Beatitude a collaboration at academic level, an exchange of scholarships of study for the Romanian students who come to specialise in certain fields very important both for Romania and for Italy, for the Orthodox communities from here and from Italy”, Mrs Giovanna Iurato declared for Trinitas Radio station, Prefect within the Minister of the Italian Interior, Head of the Department for civil freedom and immigration – Central Branch for Religious Affairs.
