AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace and justice: Working group for Colombia seeks common solutions

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Migration, human rights violations, peace and environmental protection are just some of the issues that the Working Group for Colombia (GTC) is dealing with these days in Rome to strengthen peace and social justice in the Latin American country.

"I am something like the hands and feet of the social work that we do as a group in the process of transforming the Colombian territory," said the Bishop of Tibù Israel Bravo Cortés in an interview with Fides. "The working group helps us to be visible in the international community and to carry out a large part of our work.
During the meeting with Pope Francis on June 12, the Pope described Colombia as a noble country with lovely people and workers, but we must not forget that there is enormous suffering due to the violence that has gripped us for over 70 years," added the bishop, who is a member of the Colombian Episcopal Commission for Social Communications.

As the Colombian Caritas Social Pastoral stressed, a concerted action is urgently needed to establish peace and justice in the country, addressing current problems from a perspective of solidarity, spirituality and international cooperation.

The group, made up of representatives of Caritas from Norway, England and Wales, Scotland, Spain, Germany, the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Colombian Caritas Social Pastoral - Caritas Colombiana, held a series of meetings in Rome from June 12 to 14 to put Colombia's critical issues more on the international agenda and to present the results of the cooperation during the 32 years of its existence. (AP) (Agenzia Fides, 14/6/2024)

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