bishops of all Andalusia They met this Monday in Córdoba to condemn the brutal jihadist attack in which a sacristan of algeciras was murdered. As they have emphasized, the violence “Never” can be justified “In the name of God”.
The CLII Ordinary Assembly of the Bishops of Southern Spain, meeting in Córdoba since Monday and comprising the dioceses of Seville, Granada, Almería, Asidonia-Jerez, Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Guadix, Huelva, Jaén and Málaga, has counted also with the assistance of the archbishop emeritus of Sevilla and the bishop emeritus of Jaenhave expressed to the Bishop of Cadiz y CeutaRafael Zornoza, and to his diocese his “closeness in these moments of suffering for him outrage perpetrated on January 25 in several parishes in the city of Algeciras».
They have also offered Eucharist for the “eternal rest of the murdered sacristan”, Diego Valenciaand “they have prayed for the recovery of the priest and the other wounded, as well as for the end of all kinds of violence, which cannot be justified never in the name of God».
“We pray for the recovery of the priest and the other wounded, as well as for the end of all kinds of violence, which can never be justified in the name of God”
Apart from that, the Technical Secretary of Education has presented to the Assembly the balance of the III Meeting of Catholic Religion Teachers, held in Granada on November 19 and 20, 2022 with the motto ‘A subject for the 21st century’.
In this context, it has been pointed out that “the regulatory change of the Lomloe Education Actthe request for equality with the rest of the subjects and the respect for the freedom and right of parents to educate their children according to their own religious and moral convictions, are some of the difficulties encountered by the subject of Religionwidely demanded by students and parents, around 75 percent.