Christina Fernandez de Kirchner - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:25:56 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christina Fernandez de Kirchner - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Argentina's bishops speak out against violence in their nation https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/05/13/argentinas-bishops-speak-violence-nation/ Mon, 12 May 2014 19:09:37 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=57650 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 Read more

Argentina's bishops speak out against violence in their nation... Read more]]> 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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Child of lesbian couple baptised in Catholic Church in Argentina... Read more]]> A child of a lesbian couple has been baptised in the Catholic Church in Argentina, in a first for the South American nation.

The child's godmother is Argentina's president Christina Fernandez de Kirchner.

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