Valencia (Fides Service) - Mons. Austin Carcia-Gasco, archbishop of Valencia Spain, in his letter with the title "Thou shall not kill: God speaks clearly" holds that "Christians cannot forget those who suffer because of the war in Iraq and in all the wars forgotten by public opinion in rich countries". At the same time - affirms the Prelate - "with the excuse of news, we cannot fail to condemn the killing of terrorism that unending war in the trenches which attacks the dignity of man in our country and in many other nations of the world". Among all the attacks on human life "terrorism is particularly cruel" highlights Mons. Garcia-Gasco. This is why "there are never any exceptional cases that can legitimate terrorism as a means of defence against unjust oppression systematic and prolonged" because terrorism "always sheds innocent blood" Mons. Gasco calls attention to that fact that "at times the intention to justify terrorism can be subtle, leading to political reasons" which in reality never dispense from ethnic and moral responsibility. Because "the end never justifies the means". Moreover "the attitude to be silent before terrorism, to lessens its moral gravity, is inadmissible, just as neutrality before it is inadmissible". All Christians and all people of good will "have the grave moral obligation to express not only refusal and condemnation of terrorism, but also every form of collaboration or justification of the same". At the conclusion of his letter Mons. Gasco affirms that "only starting from the principles of respect for life can peace be guaranteed.". See letter in Spanish at www.fides.org RZ (Fides Service 28/3/2003 EM lines 25 Words: 296)