Catholic
Church Will Not Be Silent About
Anti-Catholic Movements
(CNA)
In response to attempts by
lawmakers to eliminate a clause from the
country’s constitution that states the
official religion of Costa Rica is the
Catholic faith, Bishop José Francisco Ulloa
of Cartago said the Church "will not be
silent" and will not abandon her mission to
defend human life and the family.
In a recent homily at the cathedral, the
bishop remarked, "Certain groups and
ideologies exist that pretend to weaken and
even eliminate the mission that Jesus Christ
entrusted to his Church, as if the Church of
Jesus were dependent upon human whims or on
some part of a political constitution. The
Church is divine and nobody can destroy
her," he said.
Referring to the Costa Rican constitution,
which declares that the country’s official
religion is the Catholic faith, but that the
state shall not interfere with the free
exercise of any religion that does not
contradict "universal morality or good
morals," Bishop Ulloa said there are some
who mistakenly believe that "the Catholic
Church is going to be silent" about the
proposed changes or that it will "compromise
the principles that God has entrusted her to
proclaim throughout history for the good of
the human person and of humanity."
"The Church will always respect life from
conception to natural death," he said. "The
Church will continue to proclaim God’s truth
about marriage between one man and one woman
without fear. The Church will continue to
defend the rights of the family at all
costs," the bishop added.
He went on to note that some lawmakers
believe that with these changes "they will
kill God. They are totally wrong. God does
not die. He is the God of life, He is
eternal, unchangeable. All creation depends
on Him and only in Him does human life find
meaning."
"When the human being denies God, he becomes
dehumanized and loses his dignity," the
bishop continued. "When a state becomes
atheist, it is capable of committing the
worst injustices and the gravest
aberrations. History is witness to this."
Bishop Ulloa went on to encourage Costa
Ricans to choose wisely those who will
occupy political office and to cast their
votes for candidates that defend life,
marriage and the family. "Let us protest
loudly and without fear against these
anti-human, anti-Christian and atheistic
policies that some wish to impose upon us,"
he said. |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
