They pray the rosary then sing the Facing the sun in front of the headquarters of the Socialist Party. The ultra movement, which meets every day in a parish next to rue Ferraz, then organizes fascist riots, is not Catholic or, at least, does not “recognize itself in the Church”. This is what the Cardinal of Madrid and vice-president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, José Cobo, declared before the microphones of Radio Nacional.
Asked about this subject by Josep Cuní on RNE’s Las Mañanas program, Cobo was categorical: “When ideology is placed above faith, these things happen.” The cardinal wanted to clarify that “the Church does not identify with any political party”, affirming that “faith is above ideologies”.
However, the Archbishop of Madrid admitted to seeing “with great concern” the growing political and social polarization. “Politics is part of our lives, but sometimes we maintain prejudices and forget that its objective is to relaunch dialogue. » “Sometimes we lose sight of our mission: to fight for respect for fundamental rights,” commented Cobo, who stressed that “now we have big problems, like the Valencia disaster, migration, work, housing … over there”. are “We must encourage politics to solve the problems we have”.
About migrations
Regarding how xenophobic discourse is fueled by the self-proclaimed Catholic far right, Cobo – former head of migration at the Bishops’ Conference – was clear: “The Canary Islands can’t take it anymore. We must now provide a political and welcoming response. We need a political compact that overcomes partisan divisions. Every state must take care of children on the streets,” he stressed. “We can’t auction off the children, then we’ll talk about how they get in, how to do regulated migration, but we have to take care of them first.”
Regarding clerical pedophilia, the Archbishop of Madrid recognized the “neglect” that has occurred for years in the Church, and affirmed that the Church and society must follow “the agenda given by the victims” . “I have learned not to defend what is not defensible,” declared the vice-president of the EEC, stressing that “the victims can help us build a better Church”.
“We have learned to believe in victims and let them implement conversion systems in the Church. It is necessary for them to know that we believed them,” stressed Cobo, who recognized “that we are learning to correct what we did wrong.”
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