The Dominican Diocesan Conference (CED) yesterday reiterated its rejection of the legalization of abortion, noting that this position “is a wake-up call against a society that is predominantly organized on utilitarian values.”
In a message entitled “And to show the world that we are brothers,” the bishops lament that the world is facing what Pope Francis called the throwing society, where “the person is not considered a primary value to be protected.”
In this order, the bishops reflect on the Dominican realities based on the social encyclical of Pope Francis, from which they make an invitation to build “the fraternal spirit in the house in which he was asked to live, regardless of how it is composed and who did not have the grace to growing up in a stable family could be greeted by well-established families ”.
Therefore, the representatives of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic encourage the Ministry of the Family, through universities, to organize an open symposium in order to lay the foundations of a genuine public family policy for Dominican society.
In the country, the debate on the three causes remains, in order to allow abortion, while the Congress is studying the draft Law on the Criminal Code, which raises this possibility.
On 10 January, the ECt also issued a 12-point statement explaining in detail the reason for its refusal to terminate the voluntary pregnancy under any circumstances.
Immigration
Likewise, the bishops addressed the issue of immigration, emphasizing the sensitivity of the situation, stating that many societies that receive immigrants feel threatened by their standard of living.
They also said that the problem needs a rational position to solve it, indicating that the immigrant population is among the most vulnerable in the world.
Public corruption
Similarly, the Dominican Diocesan Conference referred to public corruption, expressing its desire that “outrage against politicians be accompanied by a review of personal life at all levels and in all contexts, so as not to fall into that bad practice. just seeing the straw in someone else’s eye. “
They also said that state corruption harms “universal sensitivity”, which seeks equal treatment for all and directly undermines the integrity of society as a whole.
Pandemic
“Therefore, the collaboration of every citizen is necessary. The pandemic strikes us all: we have lost our loved ones, the economic losses are palpable, we are constrained by health measures … But faith invites us to cultivate a healthy hope in the face of the painful situation. As we have already stated, even in the midst of suffering, we must know how to be grateful for so much solidarity, dedication, fraternal love, private and public help, ”the letter from the Dominican Episcopate Conference concludes.
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False news.
The Dominican Diocesan Conference also deplored the spread of false news, classifying it as a virus that deepened the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic and led to the search for desperate solutions that violated the sensitive measures of the Ministry of Public Health.
“False viral news infects individualism and aggression with unusual speed. We will not be able to fight the covid-19 pandemic without this fundamental attitude, which should lead us to question the responsible use of social networks “, the bishops explained.