“The people who pray and ask, I know what each person asks for in their conscience… there they and their groups. We do not control people and groups. What we want is to always work side by side, say what needs to be said, and work side by side for the common good, if they let us and if they count on us. What we are not going to do is political battles and battles to bring down governmentsI don’t know if I explain myself. We will propose values that must be defended, values for which we must work and fight and that’s it. That’s what we have to do. That is what is typical of a Christian and what is typical of a democratic citizen.”
Thus, he detailed the circumstances in which the call to pray the Rosary arose as well as the obstacles that the Government has put in place to prevent this public manifestation of faith and the moral dilemma that, in conscience and risking his professional future, Calderón has faced. Finally, he detailed the sociopolitical reasons that some bishops have viewed with concern, going so far as to describe the pacts to form a Government as “immoral.”
Regarding his statements on the 12th, Cardinal Omella affirms that the meaning of his words “was none other than the affirmation that the The Church, as an institution, does not have the mission of removing Governmentsbut to be a channel of dialogue to build a just, free and peaceful world, where all democratic options fit.