The controversy over pardons the prisoners of the ‘procés’ continues to generate reactions within the Catholic Church. The archbishop of Oviedo, Jesus Sanz Montes, has assured that “they do not come precisely from praying the rosary. They come from an act in which they have put the unity of the people in a breach, dividing it with insidiousness.”
Sanz’s considerations come days after this week the secretary general and spokesman of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), Luis Argüello, made sure that the Spanish bishops are with their Catalan counterparts “for dialogue” when asked about the pardons and the position of the Catalan dioceses. The Tarragona Episcopal Conference – which brings together the Catalan bishops – has shown itself, in the face of the social and political context in Catalonia, convinced “of the strength of the dialogue and measures of grace in all conflict situations. “
“Spain is a state of law and has a legal system that must be respected and it is difficult to bet on a dialogue with people who do not want to speak or offer grace measures to people who perhaps do not deserve them,” said Sanz.
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Argüello acknowledged on Thursday that within the EEC there are opinions different. Sanz has confirmed that in the meeting held by the Spanish bishops there was a “serene, cordial and very fraternal” dialogue when the issue of pardons and the note of their Catalan counterparts were discussed, although “different points of view” were presented. that in no case were “hostile”, but “complementary”. Thus, he explained that he had argued that the note should have been “supplemented”, because he considered it “just and necessary.”
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