.- Archbishop
Jose Baltazar Porras of Merida, Venezuela, said this week that
President Hugo Chavez is employing Messianism and creating conflicts
with other countries in order to get Venezuelans to forget about “their
painful reality, which consists of growing poverty, insecurity and
unemployment.”
The archbishop
says Chavez uses religious language in his speeches in attempt to link
Christianity to Socialism. Thus people end up believing Socialism
is Christianity “incarnate.” He said this was a propaganda tool
Chavez is using “to get the people on his side.”
Archbishop
Porras said the Venezuelan president “gives people so-called answers in
order to distract them from real problems.” He also said the
Church in Venezuela is being persecuted for rejecting the government’s
policies.
Archbishop says Chavez employing Messianism to distract Venezuelans
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