Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct 20, 2008 / 22:58 pm
The Ecuadoran daily El Universo reported last week that the president of the Ecuadoran Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, denounced the anti-clericalism of the government of President Rafael Correa during his speech before the Pope at the conclusion of the ad limina visit by the country's bishops.
Archbishop Arregui pointed out that the bishops' criticism of some aspects of Correa's controversial constitutional reform—especially in the areas of right to life, marriage, the family, and the rights of parents—resulted in an unusually hostile reaction from the government.