Blázquez meets the Abbot of Montserrat on the eve of the antipederastia summit

The President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (EEC), the Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez, met this Tuesday at the monastery of Montserrat (Barcelona) with the abbot Josep Maria Soler on the eve of the summit of the antipodes that Pope Francis will lead to the Vatican and which will bring together 190 cardinals and bishops from around the world from Thursday.

The maximum head of the Spanish Church is in Montserrat to participate in a few days of formation of the bishopric of Sant Feliu de Llobregat. The Union of Religious of Catalonia (URC) organized this meeting, which was attended by the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Jordi Bertomeu. The CDF is the organ of the Holy See in charge of cases of clergy badual abuse.

When Soler arrived at the meeting, he stated in media statements that the day was important. "to be able to find a solution and to be able to prevent such cases from happening again in the future".

From Thursday to Saturday, the first anti-pedederalist summit is celebrated in the Vatican. This event will bring together the leaders of 140 episcopal conferences. L & # 39; objective: "Let the church go back to a safe place"said Monday the coordinator of the meeting, Federico Lombardi.

(RD / agencies)

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