Vatican
City, 18 April 2013
(VIS) - “The Holy Father shares your sorrow, and that of the many
mothers and families who have and are suffering the tragic loss of
their loved ones at this moment in Argentina's history.” These are
the words that the Pope addressed to Hebe de Bonafini, president of
the Association of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, in a letter
dated 10 April and signed by Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, under-secretary
for the Holy See’s Relations with States.
The
Bishop of Rome thus responded to the letter that Hebe de Bonafini
sent to him this past 21 March, gladdened by Cardinal Bergoglio's
commitment in the “slums” of Buenos Aires and asking him to join
with “all those in this unjust world who are fighting for an end to
poverty.”
The
Pope, writes Msgr. Camilleri, expresses his gratitude for the letter
and responds to “your kindness, asking God for the strength for the
fight, in the ministry that he has just accepted, for the eradication
of poverty in the world, so that the suffering of so many who are in
need might cease. His Holiness appreciates and highly esteems those
who are close to the most disadvantaged and who make the effort to
assist them, understand them, and meet their aspirations. In his
prayers, he also asks that those responsible for the common good be
enlightened so that they might fight the scourge of poverty with
effective, equable, and caring means.”
The
letter concludes with the Pope's blessing “as a sign of hope and
support, at the same time asking the favour that they pray for and
have prayers said for him.”
The
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an association of Argentinian mothers
created in 1977 to denounce the disappearance of their children
during the time of the Military Junta that controlled Argentina from
1976 to 1983. Since 1977 they have assembled every Thursday in the
Plaza de Mayo in front of the Casa Rosada (the “Pink House”, seat
of the Argentinian government) to protest for the crimes committed
during that era and to keep alive the memory of the desaparecidos.
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