"Churches are radically opposed to any use of weapons"

In the column of Sônia Racy in Estadão, theologian Fernando Altemeyer Junior, head of the Department of Religious Sciences of the PUC of São Paulo, spoke about the Church and its relationship with the political moment, especially (19459011) The year that ends now has been marked by acts of violence and violence. polarization. What is the role of the Church in such conflicts?
That of always standing alongside the losers. For Christianity, everything pbades by a place: the cross. The Church can only be on the side of the crucified. Obviously, do not applaud the crucifixion because it would be pathetic and bad taste. She must help remove the crucified ones from the cross. Every generation has to start all over again. Who is on the cross? Ah, young people with HIV? Ah, the natives? The situation of the black people, the peripheries – there is the place of the Church, playing the role of collaborator of the resurrection. In 2015, the CNBB criticized the current project in Congress. disarmament status. How do you see that?
Churches are radically opposed to any use of weapons. This is from the Bible. "The weapons must be turned into hoes," the prophets preached about 700 years before Christ. Jesus speaks to Peter: "Put your sword in the sheath, and the sword shall die by the sword." Pope Francis has now made it clear that the American armaments industry that funds (Donald) Trump – and now the Brazilian, who funds the (Jair) Bolsonaro – is anti-Christian. The church has nothing to say about guns, but a gigantic "no". Firearms cause death, generate a profit full of blood, generate discomfort in the Middle East, mbadacre the Syrian population. They produced in our country a real genocide. In the suburbs of São Paulo, 30 young people are killed every weekend. [196459] You have already reported that even though it is taught Christianity does not fit with communism nor with fascism . Can you elaborate?
Yes, because it is even more drastically inhumane than the Soviet communist regime, which has harshly persecuted the Church. But what is this opposition? It is that fascism denies human dignity, as communism denies human freedom. In fact, the church is anti-communist. But Catholic thought is also anti-capitalist. The problem is that some of those who defend fascism in Europe and Brazil are called Christians. It's a paradox. They think that being fascist, it is being Christian. Being a fascist, it's being on Pontius Pilate's side, it's a total anti-Christian.