Brazilian bishops warn priests off politics.THE BISHOPS' CONFERENCE in Brazil has warned its priests against direct participation in politics and reminded them of their duty to help the poor. An episcopal e·pis·co·pal adj. 1. Of or relating to a bishop. 2. Of, relating to, or involving church government by bishops. 3. Episcopal Of or relating to the Episcopal Church. message stated, "We are worried that some of you [priests] allow yourselves to be carried away by the illusion, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. which you will serve the people better by carrying out political tasks rather than through the priestly priest·ly adj. priest·li·er, priest·li·est 1. Of or relating to a priest or the priesthood. 2. Characteristic of or suitable for a priest. ministry.... The conviction of the evangelical preferential option for the poor, [as a] constitutive constitutive /con·sti·tu·tive/ (kon-stich´u-tiv) produced constantly or in fixed amounts, regardless of environmental conditions or demand. element of the priest's spirituality, is ever more intense. This spirituality" is lived when the priest, with a thorough knowledge of the social doctrine of the church, is present in the world of the poor and in solidarity with situations of suffering and social conflict, supporting programs of social pastoral care, and the initiatives of our church in favor of the promotion of public policies at the service of the common good." |
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