Argentina’s Catholic bishops have spoken out about violence that is besetting their nation.
In a statement released at their recent annual conference, the bishops said “We notice with pain and concern that Argentina is sick with violence. Some symptoms are clear, others more subtle”.
“Criminal acts have not only risen in number, but in aggressiveness; a violence ever more ferocious and merciless,” they wrote.
The Argentine Church wishes to see judges and prosecutors acting swiftly, independently and calmly.
However the bishops warned people against acts of vengeance or taking justice into their own hands.
The bishops also likened public and private corruption to a social cancer “causing injustice and death”.
Argentina’s chief of cabinet, Jorge Capitanich, reacted to the statement saying there was a “deliberate attempt” by the opposition to blame Christina Fernandez de Kirchner’s government for the violence.
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