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“Violence is bad, and whoever sows violence reaps destruction, pain and death. Let us never justify any violence.” Thus begins a speech uploaded to YouTube and issued by the Archbishop of Santiago, Celestino Aós. The reasons for the afflicted tone of voice of the religious: a series of fires that affected Catholic churches in the capital.
“A year ago we suffered an outbreak of violence that caused us so much personal pain, and so much material destruction that we thought would have been a bitter and strong lesson. It has cost us to rebuild the facilities, and it has demanded constant sacrifices and discomfort from the poorest; their lives were made more difficult, “said the priest. Aós pointed out, in this sense, that “the poor are the most affected” and, in his words, they hoped that these actions and images would not be repeated on the first anniversary of the start of the social outbreak.
“We suffer from violent actions and vandalism images again today. We feel the destruction of our temples and other public assets; but above all we feel the pain of so many Chilean people of peace and generosity. Those images not only impact and hurt in Chile, rather they impact and hurt other countries and other peoples of the world, especially Christian brothers, “he said.
The priest concluded his remarks by commenting that, at this time, he is aware of the “tremendous pain of the parishioners of the Parish of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the parish of Carabineros.”
“Know and feel that we are united with you: let’s not lose faith or hope: love is stronger, love is stronger,” added Aós.
“To all of you, dear parishioners of Santiago, to all of you dear Chileans and people of good will and lovers of peace, I beg you: enough, enough violence. Let us not justify the unjustifiable. God does not want violence. We will meet to do As a believing community acts of reparation and reparation. Now I invite you to prayer, to purify our hearts so that neither the desire for revenge, nor resentment, nor hatred, nor violence enters us. Today, with more fervor Together with the Virgen del Carmen let us pray ‘Make me an instrument of your Peace …’ Blessed are those who work for peace, blessed are those who today can close the day saying: I have worked for a better Chile, I have worked to build peace ” , closed the archbishop of Santiago.
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