SUMMARY Press Conference of the National Commission for Pastoral Addictions Friday June 25, 2010
Mar del Plata - Province of Buenos Aires - Argentina
engage in dialogue with Horacio means Reyser, Marc Shepherd, Father Jorge Garcia Cuervo and Bishop Jorge Lozano, all members of the Commission.
The coordinator of the Committee, Horacio Reyser , addressed the complexity of the issue of drugs and the role of education and prevention. "The drug addiction is a disease bio-psycho-social-spiritual, that is affecting the man and all the surrounding context. So the key is education and prevention.
We form a society of free men and women, away from the bondage of drugs with the joy of living a life of dignity and freedom "said Reyser.
Marcela Ovejero elaborated on the World Day and the action to perform in Argentina:" The proposal to meet in prayer for so many young people living this scourge, we will meet in the parishes of our country.
On Saturday June 26 will wear white ribbons on our clothes as a sign of life and hope, to say no, to reach be free.
Only love makes us good. "
The father Cuerva Jorge Garcia took the theme of " fetching the fallen " and decriminalization.
said that "no life is disposable. So we went to meet many children and youth who are immersed in the drama of drugs, especially those that are embedded in contexts of poverty and exclusion as they are the most vulnerable.
Our pastoral ministry must be an open arms and hearts to a company that often fears and encloses prejudices.
The drug is synonymous with death and as such is the embodiment of evil.
And evil is not to make concessions, from there, our opposition to the legalization that in fact, now lives dramatically in most neighborhoods. "
The Bishop Gualeguaychú Bishop Jorge Lozano, stated that" the situation is distressing and encompassing a variety of social conditions is not the responsibility of a few. All we need to address. Each according to his responsibility and place in society: rulers, legislators, judges, security forces.
The families, schools, clubs .
The Handbook of Pastoral 'Church, Drugs and Drug Addiction' you just edited in the country constitutes a contribution to this task to which all are called.
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