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No to discrimination against gypsies.

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Given the "discrimination" and "indifference" towards Gypsies, Christians must respond. This is one of the petitions of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, at the Sixth World Congress for Pastoral Care of Gypsies being held in Freising, Germany from September1 to 4.

The Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People is responsible for organizing the event, based on the theme "Young Gypsies, their place in the Church and the world."

For the first time delegations from Chile, the Philippines and Indonesia are present.

Gypsies count around 36 million people, spread throughout Europe, the Americas, and some countries in Asia. An estimated 18 million of them live in India, which would be their land of origin.

They are descendants of various ethnic groups such as the Rom, Sinti, Manousche, Kala, Yéniches and Xoraxané.