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The Vatican fears a terrorist attack against Pope Francis, a veteran cardinal said in a Thursday interview, in the most outspoken acknowledgment to date of a possible threat posed by the Islamic State group.vatican
“The fear is there,” Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told the Italian version of the Huffington Post website. Serving as Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013, Bertone was the Vatican’s second-in-command after retired pope Benedict XVI.
“But there is also a calm and confident attitude, given the precautions that have been taken,” he added, noting that police surveillance and intelligence has been strengthened, along with efforts to reach out to moderate Islam.
“The first defence against the threats coming from fanaticism like the [Islamic State] is this dialogue with the most level-headed and reasoning sections of other religions,” the cardinal said.
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