Cardinal Bagnasco has given an interview to an Italian television station in which he has had some interesting things to say about the plight of the Christians in the Middle East. One can read a report of the Cardinal’s words, in Italian, here. The Cardinal is Archbishop of Genoa, and, perhaps more importantly, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. He has a reputation of being a fearless and outspoken proponent of Church teachings, and not frightened of being thought politically incorrect.  Here's my translation of what he said…