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Pope's corruption rhetoric in Peru may seem rebuke to ruling class
Source: Crux
Pope’s corruption rhetoric in Peru may seem rebuke to ruling class
Inés San Martín Jan 19, 2018 VATICAN CORRESPONDENT
LIMA, Peru - There’s a well-known dynamic on papal trips, in which words or gestures by a pope that may seem banal to external audiences instead strike locals as a thunderclap, because they break some domestic taboo or have clear relevance for a simmering local controversy.
It remains to be seen how Peruvians may react to what Pope Francis had to say to the country’s political elites in the capital city of Lima Friday night, but the odds seem good that react they will - because without pointing fingers, Francis delivered some fiery rhetoric on corruption that probably drove up the heartrates of members of his audience.
His words also may have wide regional relevance across Latin America, where several other nations are also gripped by corruption scandals, often featuring some of the same players involved in Peru’s turmoil.
“How much evil is done to our Latin American people and the democracies of this continent by this social ‘virus’,” the pope said, referring to corruption, “a phenomenon that infects everything, with the greatest harm being done to the poor and mother earth.”
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Inés San Martín Jan 19, 2018 VATICAN CORRESPONDENT
LIMA, Peru - There’s a well-known dynamic on papal trips, in which words or gestures by a pope that may seem banal to external audiences instead strike locals as a thunderclap, because they break some domestic taboo or have clear relevance for a simmering local controversy.
It remains to be seen how Peruvians may react to what Pope Francis had to say to the country’s political elites in the capital city of Lima Friday night, but the odds seem good that react they will - because without pointing fingers, Francis delivered some fiery rhetoric on corruption that probably drove up the heartrates of members of his audience.
His words also may have wide regional relevance across Latin America, where several other nations are also gripped by corruption scandals, often featuring some of the same players involved in Peru’s turmoil.
“How much evil is done to our Latin American people and the democracies of this continent by this social ‘virus’,” the pope said, referring to corruption, “a phenomenon that infects everything, with the greatest harm being done to the poor and mother earth.”
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Read more: https://cruxnow.com/pope-in-chile-and-peru/2018/01/19/popes-corruption-rhetoric-peru-may-seem-rebuke-ruling-class/
