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| The Cardinal and the Constitution |
| 2009-11-18 |
| Cardinal Rodriguez says Manuel Zelaya was removed from power constitutionally. By Mary Anastasia O'Grady It's a good 30 minutes by car from here to the Catholic retreat center where I traveled to meet Honduran Cardinal Óscar RodrÃguez Maradiaga last week. The brick compound sits just off a dirt road on a hillside in a forest of tall pines. When I arrived the sun was going down, and in the stillness of the early evening the world seemed serene. Yet for the cardinal, life lately has been anything but peaceful. Ever since then-president Manuel Zelaya began preparing to overthrow the constitution earlier this year so that he could remain in power past his term limit, Honduras has been in turmoil. And the Catholic Church has found itself necessarily involved. The hard left has argued that the decision to depose Mr. Zelaya was driven by elite antipathy toward his activism on behalf of the poor. But the cardinal, who is an outspoken advocate for the downtrodden and a longtime critic of Central American income disparities, does not share that view. He has supported the removal of Mr. Zelaya. I wanted to hear more about that. Honduras's Cardinal Óscar RodrÃguez Maradiaga opposes Manuel Zelaya's return to power. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 When I saw the headline, I thought it was going to be a hit piece on the Catholic Cardinals "interfering" with the political process by opposing abortion in the health care bill. Of course, just because they are ordained does not mean they are no longer citizens and thus lose their right to petition the government. Although some liberals would like to see that happen. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-18 20:27 |