Denver Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 18:00 pm
The president of the Colombian bishops’ conference and archbishop of Bogotá, Luis José Rueda Aparicio, said during his opening address to the bishops’ plenary assembly July 4 that “it’s our duty to be bishops and pastors of the Church in Colombia in difficult times” that test the ability to continue sowing hope among the people.
The bishop’s 113th plenary assembly began July 4 and will conclude July 8. The Colombian bishops will examine the national summary of the Synod on Synodality, convened by Pope Francis.
In his address, Rueda asked the bishops: “How can we be witnesses to the hope of the Kingdom when laws go against the value of human life, especially in the stages of greater fragility such as the phase in the womb or the end-of-life phase?”
The archbishop said that “they can classify us as naïve promoters of hope. But hope is a theological virtue.”