Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 15, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Bishops Conference of Argentina published a letter this week in which they said only “a long process of conversion” will allow the country to overcome its crisis, the deepest roots of which are “moral and cultural.”
The letter calls on politicians to fulfill their duty in bringing about a recovery in the country and to leave behind “old practices” through “a sincere and selfless conversion towards the common good.”
The bishops pointed out that it’s more common to see people “take advantage of the riches of the country” than to find “citizens desirous” of the common good. Therefore they exhort citizens to live “with a spirit of justice, truthfulness, solidarity, industriousness, trying to be like yeast in the dough of society.”
The bishops cite the “Barometer of Argentinean Social Debt” which, according to the bishops, demonstrates the “damage suffered by large sectors” of society for decades.”