San Salvador, El Salvador, Nov 21, 2005 / 22:00 pm
In a pastoral letter the Bishops’ Conference of El Salvador has called on authorities and society at large to assume the responsibilities and measures “courageously and generously” that will allow the country to overcome the state of violence in which it has fallen.
“As men of faith, we are convinced that this dramatic reality (of violence) can be transformed if each and every one of us assumes our responsibilities with clarity and courage,” the bishops stated.
In their statement, the bishops offered an analysis of the violence that has swept the country. “The country which carries the name of Christ, our savior, is navigating through a sea of violence,” they maintained.
Although it may seem impossible to escape this scourge, they continued, the Church, through her social doctrine born of the Gospel, proposes an integral humanism that “opens the horizons of hope and points out some of the paths we must take.”