The harsh message from the Church to the government of Javier Milei for poverty: “The wise seek solutions, the mediocre are guilty”

The harsh message from the Church to the government of Javier Milei for poverty: “The wise seek solutions, the mediocre are guilty”

October 6, 2024 – 09:38

The Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge García Cuerva led the central mass for the 50th Pilgrimage to Luján. He asked for the “unity of Argentines” and expressed his concern about the social situation.

The Church This Sunday he reiterated his criticism of the economic policies of the government of Javier Mileiin a harsh message that also included strong questioning of the political leadership. He was the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cuervawho expressed his concern during the central mass in front of the basilica for the 50th pilgrimage to Luján, for the social situation that millions of Argentines are going through due to poverty and work.

García Cuerva warned about 52.9% poverty in Argentina in the first half of 2024, data emerging from the latest INDEC measurement.

The message of the Church for poverty

At the central mass, the archbishop of Buenos Aires left a harsh sentence in which he pointed out all his criticisms of both Milei and the political leadership: “In the face of crises, the wise look for solutions, the mediocre are guilty. There are many mediocre people who face to the lacerating and painful 52.9% of poverty, they began to look for culprits.

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50th pilgrimage to Luján.

50th pilgrimage to Luján.

In another passage of his homily, García Cuerva expressed the need to achieve agreements and unity, putting aside differences: “Let us not surrender to being brothers, to look for solutions together, to build a more just and more fraternal country, to free ourselves from prejudices, hatred and sterile confrontations, to continue entrusting our lives to the Virgin of Luján”.

And he added: “It encourages us to continue walking in life, tired, but not dejected, beaten, but with hope and without giving up.”

The archbishop did not hesitate and today asked the entire political leadership to work “united” on sensitive issues such as poverty, among others. “From the house of Mary, we ask you: please, unite behind two or three important issues for all Argentines. Let us ask for the humility to work with others, to generate consensus and agreements and to build bridges because the bravest thing we can do is ask for help and that is not a sign of giving up, it is just the opposite, “It is refusing to give up,” he said.

The most outstanding phrases of Jorge García Cuerva in the central mass of the 50th pilgrimage to Luján

  • “Pilgrimage is a march with others, We did not walk alone, although there may have been moments of personal meditation or sections walked a little more alone. We lived a very profound experience: the secret joy of solidarity that ‘we are all going for the same side.”
  • “Mother, under your gaze, a silent gaze that says more than many words. You look at us tenderly, without judging or reproaching us for anything. Your image seems to have drooping eyelids, like the exhausted mothers who go out at night to look for their children in the streets and hallways of the buildings. neighborhoods trapped by drugs.”
  • “Tired eyes of a Mother at the foot of the cross of her sick children, of her young children anguished by not being able to fulfill their life projects, and of her children who they don’t make ends meet to feed their families. But never closed eyes, because She continues to guide and illuminate us with Her gaze. She knows that, by looking down like this, she sees our fragility, it even seems that she follows us with her gaze wherever she wants us to be.”
  • “The cardinal told us Jorge Bergoglio in 1999, today papa Francisco: nWe need her tender gaze, her Mother’s gaze, the one that uncovers our soul. His gaze that is full of compassion and care. We come to be grateful that your gaze is on our stories, on that story that only each of us knows, the hidden story of our lives.”
  • “Mother, look at your tired people, look at your people who are making a great effort to sustain themselves in hope, to put the country on their shoulders and overcome the crisis that has been going on for years.”
  • “Pilgrimage is searching for goals, it is searching with others, because we become aware that we have lost so much. We lost justice, we lost job opportunities, We lost opportunities, but here we are. We continue searching, we are not going to give up, because we search hand in hand with María.”

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