The Bishop of Córdoba, Demetrio Fernández, warned that “in our city of Córdoba there is a settlement beltthey are not even barracks, which cry out – in silence – that we are taking them out of the serious injustices from which they and their families suffer. children: no water, no light, no hygieneand in fear of being eradicated from the furtive place they occupy. »
In this sense and through his weekly letter, collected by Europa Press, Demetrio Fernández, who spoke of the celebration on the third Sunday of November of World Day of the Poorcreated by Pope Francis in 2017, stressed, regarding these colonies, that “we cannot look away”.
It is for this reason that the bishop renewed his “appeal to all the institutions of the Church and to the civil administration, which collect taxes“, because “it is unacceptable in a modern city like ours that there are so many people in this situation. Let’s think together about what we can do. »
“Let us come to the aid of the poor,” he adds in his letter, “to people who are alone and have no one, to the homeless, to those who cannot find work, to those who are exploited for the injustice of others, of migrants seeking a better life.”
Affected by storms
Therefore, according to the bishop, “in our parishes and our communities, this essential element of Church of the Lord, pay attention to the poor. We may not be able to solve their problems, but we can listen to them, assist them, share them. Even if we lead a quiet life, we unintentionally find ourselves in situations that overwhelm us.”
Indeed, “these days we see all those affected by storms and floods. All of this should take us out of ourselves and reach out to others, in case we can help them in some way. This is the testimony that we see these days in so many adults and young people, in priests, religious and lay people. The most beautiful spectacle is that of solidarity, in the midst of the mud and the ugliness of misfortune.”
