La Paz, Bolivia, Jan 26, 2009 / 11:28 am
The bishops of Bolivia recently issued a statement lamenting the animosity with which President Evo Morales has attacked the Catholic Church. The statement comes in the closing days of Morales’ campaign to promote a “yes” vote on the reform of the country’s Constitution.
Last Tuesday at a rally in La Paz, Morales demanded that the bishops define a “clear” position in support of the Constitution. “For me, it is easy to understand that people are saying: ‘I am in agreement with half of it and in disagreement with the other.’ But, there are two options here: We agree or we don’t agree! There’s no middle ground, there are women and there are men, there’s no in between. Or is there? As far as I know there isn’t,” he said in direct reference to the bishops of the country.