Caracas, Venezuela, Jan 9, 2009 / 10:06 am
During the opening of the 91st ordinary assembly of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, conference president Archbishop Ubaldo Santana, said the government is neglecting its role in solving the problems of Venezuelans and is excessively fixated on maintaining power.
“We must demand that our leaders carry out their roles and guarantee full human rights to all,” the archbishop said, adding that the bishops consider it troubling that “excessive attention” is being paid to increasing power and that the problems of Venezuelans are being ignored.
“To leave aside the fundamental needs of the nation destroys the people and sows anarchy,” he continued. “Human persons are more important that political structures.”
The archbishop also expressed full support for Cardinal Jorge Urosa of Caracas in response to the latest verbal attacks against him by President Hugo Chavez.