Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 18, 2007 / 09:28 am
Speaking to the Mexican news agency Notimex, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara (Mexico) and Archbishop Alberto Taviera Correa of Palmas (Brazil) expressed their disappointment that the final Aparecida document has been leaked to the press before publication.
The Missionary Indigenous Council, which is an entity linked to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (NCBB), was responsible for leaking the document to the press. The group has since removed the document from its website.
Cardinal Sandoval told Notimex, “The bishops who participated have approved the document by the assembly. Anything else that has come out is illegitimate.” “I think that those who leaked the document were afraid the Holy See would make significant changes or would shorten it. But at the Vatican I was told no significant changes would be made,” the cardinal said.