Pope writes preface to book on slain Argentine bishop
February 13, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis has written a preface to a collection of homilies by Blessed Enrique Angelelli (1923-1976), an Argentine prelate who was martyred during the Dirty War.
“The blessed martyr Enrique Angelelli, Bishop of La Rioja, was and still is a gift from the Lord for the Church that is in Argentina,” Pope Francis wrote, as he paid tribute to “a man of great freedom and love for every person: friend or foe, brother or enemy.”
“The martyr bears witness that if the heart and mind are in God then certain attitudes always arise in him: sincere love for all and the rejection of all instrumentalization and shortcuts that aim at self-interest or quiet living, if the rights and lives of the weakest, the marginalized – those who, we would say today let us say, are on the peripheries – are at stake,” Pope Francis continued.
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