Pope Nixes Honduras Coup, Bishop
States
Tegucigalpa -
Luis Alfonso Santos, bishop in western
Honduran diocese, stated that Pope Benedict
XVI opposed to the June 28 military coup.
Television's channel 36, opposed to the
military coup, gave details Thursday about a
15-minute interview the religious authority
held with His Holyness a month ago.
"The Pope talked in favor of the Honduran
people and against the military coup," the
priest said during a meeting with members of
the anti-coup resistance held in the western
department of Intibuca.
Santo recalled that a day after armed forces
of President Manuel Zelaya were ousted, the
Copan diocese termed the fact a coup d'Etat.
That religious dependence includes five
departments of west Honduras: Copan,
Intibuca, Lempira, Ocotepeque, and Santa
Barbara.
The document also condemned human rights
violations and soldiers' aggressions in mass
media like channel 36, Radio Globo, and
Radio Progreso, from Jesuits, Santos said.
Disclosures by Monsignor Santos about Pope's
stance were simultaneously broadcast with
Radio Globo. |
