"Knowing the Italian Catholic Church, knowing Italian politics, knowing the political culture that exists in Italy, which is a culture that goes from clerico-fascism to Catholic-communism, I am absolutely not surprised by this reaction homophobic, this racism - I would call it - real. These are positions that claim to ensure that the Italian parliament follows the directives of the Vatican State. This doesn't happen in any other European country, in any other Western country. We only have a dynamic of this type in Islamic countries."