Dec 6, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The President of the Latin American Bishops’ Council (CELAM), Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago, Chile, outlined this week the key points to be discussed at the V General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in May 2007 in Brazil.
During his visit to the international headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need, the cardinal said, “The title of the Conference is ‘Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ’ and it will focus on the Church’s situation in Latin America, which is much different from what it was 12 or 15 years ago.”
“The gap between rich and poor is also increasingly greater and there are other troubling social problems such as corruption, drug addiction and violence,” Cardinal Errazuriz said. “In addition, the spread of fundamentalist sects should also be discussed.”
“The General Conference will focus on the human person, called to be a follower of Christ,” he stated.