The Vatican has distanced itself from a row over Muslim immigrants inEurope triggered by the showing at a synod of a video that claims "Europe as we know it will cease to exist."
Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the Vatican's council for justice and peace – and seen as a possible future pope – played the disputed video in a discussion period on Saturday during a synod attended by 262 bishops from across the world.
Entitled Muslim Demographics, and viewed more than 13m times on YouTube since its release in 2009, the seven-minute long video claims Muslim immigration and higher birth rates means France will become "an Islamic republic" within 39 years. » | Tom Kington, Rome | Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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