Quito, Ecuador, Sep 17, 2008 / 17:09 pm
The adjunct Secretary General of the Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, Father Nicolas Dousdebes, has sent a letter to President Rafael Correa asking him to respect the opinions of bishops and priests even though he may not agree with them.
In the letter, Father Dousdebes called on the president to remember that priests are included in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which says that “all people have the right to express their opinion on whatever issue they wish through any means.” “Please don’t exclude us from that,” he wrote.