Francis’ Neo-Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini, 72, of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, is known for gestures and initiatives which are of a “sectarian political” rather than “social pastoral” nature, Armando de la Torre, 93, writes on ElPeriodico.com.gt (September 19).
A former Jesuit, De la Torre left the priesthood in 1965 to get married. “Ramazzini has always struck me as being of an ambiguous character,” he writes calling him “apparently not very orthodox.”
De la Torre recalls Ramazzini for newspaper headlines when he made some “noisy interventions” in favor of the Indios.
However, De la Torre stresses that Guatemala has changed: about 35% of the believers are now Evangelicals and the population has become urban and therefore more critical toward religion.
De la Torre was not impressed with Ramazzini’s statements after his nomination. He calls them “too commonplace and ordinary” and “something similar to those of a politician being notified that he won the elections.”
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