The bill that gave witchcraft of religion

The bill that equated witchcraft with religion was withdrawn from the Senate of Colombia, a decision that has been highlighted by Catholic parliamentarians.

It is about Bill 58 presented by the Senator of the Historical Pact, Carlos Benavides Mora, to modify article 5 of the Law 133 of 1994 that regulates in Colombia the right to religious freedom and cults.

The project proposed to eliminate the paragraph that excludes “the activities related to the study and experimentation of psychic or parapsychological phenomena; Satanism, magical or superstitious or spiritual practices or other analogues outside religion.”

If it had been approved, the Law of Religious Freedom would have included “the ancestral, indigenous, Afro -Colombian, Raizales, Palenqueras and other traditional expressions.”

This was rejected by social sectors and the Provida bench, which In a statement on August 21 He pointed out that this text responded “to ideologies that seek to relativize faith”, comparing “ancestral practices with the revealed truth of the Gospel.”

For its part, the Rosary of Men – Colombia, which organizes the prayer of Mariana prayer throughout the country, had summoned a march On September 3 to the Ministry of Interior, where the Directorate of Religious Affairs works.

However, yesterday it was known that bill 58 was withdrawn from the Senate, as well as Bill 57 – also presented by Carlos Benavides – who established control over religious entities.

“The Congress of the Republic has just filed two bills, two initiatives that sought to raise all these esoteric practices of shamanism, witchcraft of religion status and also create an entity that monitors and control all religious entities,” said Senator Mauricio Giraldo.

Senator Provida said that “the Church deserves independence” and that “our Catholic faith deserves respect and we will not allow them to continue presenting those initiatives.”

For his part, the representative in the Chamber for the department of Antioquia, said they had received messages from people concerned with both projects. Which did not prosper thanks to the parliamentarians who joined the rejection.

“We started talking here in the project Congress, how inconvenient it was, and we achieved the goal. Thanks to the media pressure, thanks to you, all the Colombians who were attentive, thanks of course to the congressmen, the provida bench, to the family that also defends the faith and, of course, thank God, we achieve it,” he said.