Catholic World News News Feature
Respect political dissent, Venezuelan cardinal challenges Chavez September 14, 2007
Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas has urged the Venezuelan government to show respect for critics of constitutional changes proposed by President Hugo Chavez.
Cardinal Urosa insisted that "no persons of groups should be disregarded or execrated simply because they disagree with the proposal." He said that the proposed constitutional amendments deserve serious discussion, and encouraged a respectful hearing for all reasoned points of view.
In an implicit criticism of Chavez, who has charged that the country's Catholic hierarchy is stirring up opposition to his government, the cardinal said that dissident political views should be heard without rousing "the ghosts of insurrection and destabilization."
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