Letter of the Argentine bishops to the pope: they expressed their concern at the debate on the abortion and the social situation of the country

The Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) He issued a letter to Pope Francis, in which he expressed his concern for the lack of unity and the economic and social situation in the country, and acknowledged that there was "anger" with the Catholic Church as a result of the debate on the legalization of abortion. "This has done a lot to the Argentineans", Indicated the ecclesiastical institution.

The letter, entitled "Message of introduction to the Holy Father of the Bishops of the Buenos Aires Region", is charged with a self-critical message and indicates that "there is still a long way to go".to be at the height of the papal investiture. In this line, he recognizes some pastoral deficits, speaking of "our conflicts, our difficulties but also our dreams and our projects".

Once again, the bishopric of Buenos Aires He made a difficult diagnosis of social reality from the region in the letter handed today to Jorge Bergoglio, during an audition during which he met 28 bishops of the second round, which makes the visit limine apostolorum.

"We will not describe the social situation of the Buenos Aires region that you know very well," says the text of the entity presiding over the bishop of San Isidro, Oscar Ojea. In this section, the letter emphasizes that "the salary does not reach" and "there is a lot of fear of losing the job; there are also many unemployed ".

With this in mind, the Episcopal Conference has defined this problem as a far-reaching struggle: "The soul of our people is always Christian, even in the middle cultural battle acerbic"

The most remarkable pbadage may be related to the discussion on legal, risk-free and free abortion. On this point, the letter states that the debate has done "a lot of trouble" in the country and acknowledged that there were troubles among the children and young people of the Catholic Church. "Although we tried to lead the debate with clarity but without aggression, we were surprised because a lot of young people – even in our schools – campaign for an abortion, sometimes showing great anger against the Church", says the letter.

The Episcopal Conference also spoke of the scandal of badual abuse and power perpetrated by priests, who "have helped to create an attitude of anger and anger among many faithful"

"We do not have to victimize ourselves and we have to seek God's will who hides behind this moment of great confusion, "says the text.

One hundred bishops in Rome to meet Pope Francis

From Sunday, April 28, three groups of one hundred Argentine bishops pilgrimage to Rome to meet Pope Francis and other authorities of the Holy See. There they attended as part of the announcement visit limine apostolorum, an institution of canon law in which the different dicasteries of the Roman Curia move for a week and give a pastoral report to the pontiff.

The last visit of these characteristics took place in 2009, when Jorge Bergoglio was president of the Episcopal Conference. Ten years later, the local episcopal authorities went again to the Vaticanthis time with Pope Francis as pontiff. Yesterday one of the groups visited the tomb of San Pablo.

According to what was reported, at the meeting on Friday, with about twenty bishops, two other religious of maximum confidence of Pope Francis participated: the president of the CEA Oscar Ojea and the Archbishop of Porteño, Cardinal Mario Poli.