Catholic prelates react to Greek crisis
July 07, 2015
Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, president of the Greek bishops’ conference, described Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as “incompetent” as the nation teetered on the brink of financial collapse.
After Greek voters rejected an austerity package proposed by the nation’s creditors, Tsipras named a new finance minister to negotiate new terms of repayment.
Bishop Dimitrios Salachas, apostolic exarch for Byzantine-rite Catholics in Greece, said that “our leaders will take into account the obligations that Greece has the debtor country and how this money borrowed was spent,” the Italian news agency SIR reported.
“We must arrive at a sustainable solution that will not lead the people to ruin,” he added.
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Further information:
- Ma il giorno dopo non si sorride più (SIR)
- After vote win, Greek leaders face pressure to restart talks (AP)
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Posted by: chady -
Jul. 08, 2015 7:16 AM ET USA
Jubilee Debt Foundation says only 10% of the money given to the Greek Government back in 2010? actually reached the ordinary Greek people. It appears that the existing austerity measures and the new proposals demanded by Greece's creditors are/will fall on the shoulders of ordinary citizens - who are themselves struggling to live. There needs to be some moral discernment here by Greece's creditors to lessen their demands to alleviate the suffering of Greeks who are not responsible 4 this chaos.
