Posted on 03/18/2022 6:09:43 PM PDT by marshmallow
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day we are faced with the choice of being good Samaritans or indifferent travelers. Every day we are offered a new opportunity, a new stage. We should not expect everything from those who govern us, it would be childish. We benefit from a space of co-responsibility capable of initiating and generating new processes and transformations. Let us actively participate in the rehabilitation and rescue of our wounded society". This is a passage from the homily delivered by the President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Cardinal Celestino Aós, Archbishop of Santiago, during the traditional ecumenical and interreligious prayer meeting held on Saturday March 12, in the Cathedral of Santiago, the day after the official swearing in of the new President, Gabriel Boric (see Fides, 11/3/2022).
In addition to the President himself, the representatives of the various religious denominations and the members of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference were present. Assuring the President and the authorities that God will enlighten their minds "so that they know what is good and what is bad, what is just and what is unjust", the Cardinal said in his homily: "We want and we are looking for a Chile in which we all live together respecting each other, listening to each other, dialoguing, collaborating, taking care of the poorest and treating nature responsibly".
The Cardinal-Archbishop of Santiago then asked those who assume responsibilities in the political sphere to promote fraternity and, at the same time, a more effective social organization, because "politicians are called to be concerned with the fragility, the fragility of peoples and individuals". Regarding the challenges facing Chile today, the Cardinal stressed that "God created all human beings in His image and likeness. We belong to God and not to the State. God gave us........
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