Honduran Cardinal
Visit Rejected in Germany
BERLIN - A four-day-visit of Honduran
Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez has sparked
strong criticism in Germany as he was a
supporter of the coup of June 28 against
President Zelaya.
The head of the Episcopal Conference of
Honduras is visiting Munster city in the
state of Renania in North Westfalia.
He was welcomed by the Germany-Honduran
Association founded in 2000 by the Christian
Democrat official and present head of the
cultural department of Duisburg city, Karl
Janssen, who introduced Rodriguez as a
champion of peace and democracy. That
presentation and the invitation generated
strong criticism.
"Cardinal Rodriguez is not exactly a truly
representative of Christian doctrine,"
Silvia Ayala, a deputy of Honduran
Democratic Unification Party told Prensa
Latina.
Humanitarian Christian groups also rejected
the invitation of the Honduran Cardinal.
"Taking into account the Cardinal's support
to the illegitimate actions in favour of the
coup, his presence in Germany is not
understandable", said Thomas Kr
ñmer-Broscheit, head of Christian Initiative
Romero.
"We cannot understand why the hosts did not
ask him questions about his position after
the coup", Kr ñmer-Broscheid said in a press
release supported by other Christian groups,
including the Ecumenical Office for Peace
and Justice in Munich, Bavaria. |
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