Cardinal Baltazar Porras assumes the function of new apostolic administrator

Caracas .- On Tuesday, Cardinal Baltazar Porras took office as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Caracas, a position he assumes to replace the former Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, who resigned and was accepted by Pope Francis. Once he was 75 years old.

The homily was celebrated at 10:30 in the morning in the Basilica Chiquinquirá, La Florida urbanization in Caracas and was attended by founders of religious organizations such as Cáritas Venezuela and personalities of the politics as a deputy in the National Assembly (NA) Richard Blanco and businessman Lorenzo Mendoza.

Among the first actions that the Cardinal wishes to take, "listen and listen to the clamor, needs and expectations of the people" . Specifying that he will try "not to disappoint the trust placed in him".

He commented that it is necessary "to hear the pastoral agents, priests, religious and laity, who led and conducted the work of evangelism, assistance social and human promotion, and be attentive to the many emergencies and proposals of public and private institutions, whose opinions represent and have an echo in the city and in the country. "

Regarding the country's situation, the cardinal said that "We can not think that nothing can be done, that's what they want to inoculate us, but it's not like that before this brutal repression "adding that" protests are a right in any democratic society ".