Monsignor Carlo Liberati, the Catholic archbishop of Pompeii. (catholicism.org)

Because of their "stupidity," "pagan and atheist" ways, and "laws that go against God," Italy and all of Europe will be Muslim in about 10 years, said Monsignor Carlo Liberati, the Catholic archbishop emeritus of Pompeii.

In a Q & A on Jan. 9 with the Italian Catholic journal La Fede Quotidiana, and translated in the Daily Mail and Express, the archbishop was asked if he was worried about terrorist attacks in Italy. He said, yes, but the real problem "is something else."

"Italy and Europe live in a pagan and atheist way," he said, and "they make laws that go against God and follows practices that are proper to paganism."

"All of this moral and religious decadence favors Islam," said the archbishop. "In 10 years we will all be Muslims because of our stupidity."

Archbishop Liberati further said, "We have a weak Christian faith. the Church nowadays does not work well and seminaries are empty. Parishes are the only thing still standing. We need a true Christian life. All this paves the way to Islam. In addition to this, they [Muslims] have children and we do not. We are in full decline."

"We help without delay those coming from outside and we forget many poor and old Italians who are eating from the trash," he said. "We need policies that take care of Italians first, our young people and the unemployed."

"What is the point of so many migrants that, instead of expressing thanks for the food we give them, they just throw it away, and spend hours with their cell phones and even organize riots?"