Church calls for reconciliation during change of government

by times news cr

In the middle of the transition process, a few weeks after that Claudia Sheinbaum take the oath of office as President of Mexico, Archdiocese of Mexico He asked that we work in unity for the reconciliation in the country.

In his editorial in the weekly From the FaithThe Catholic Church has stated that by reconciliation they do not mean a fragile peace, an imposed embrace or a compromise that only seeks to keep groups that think differently happy, since one that has these individualistic foundations and partial interests runs the risk of breaking up quickly.

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“We call upon our president-elect, her working group, and all the elected politicians who will soon take office, to promote during this period of transition the path to build a reconciliation with solid foundations, which will help overcome the conflicts that divide us, strengthen national unity and open the doors to dialogue and mutual listening. We are convinced that in this way we will be able to achieve social peace,” said the Archdiocese of Mexico.

In this sense, the Catholic hierarchy maintains that reconciliation does not mean deciding for the other, nor pigeonholing everyone into pre-established schemes; since “it is not a fight between good and evil or a clash of ideologies. It means learning to walk together.”

In light of this, he argues that it is a matter of assimilating the events that have hurt us, that have caused suffering, with the wounded memory and the injustices suffered.

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“We talk about getting together to renew ourselves and grow together. To meet in that place where we stop thinking selfishly and individually to recognize ourselves as brothers by looking into each other’s eyes, embracing our stories and differences,” he said.

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2024-08-21 04:48:26

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