Opinión Arzobispo de Puerto Montt: Convivir

In brief

The Archbishop of Puerto Montt addressed the challenges of living together in a recent opinion piece titled Coexistence. He noted that while humans need others to avoid destructive loneliness, living with others often creates tensions that lead to division, aggression, or violence.

The Archbishop observed that modern society faces difficulties in finding ways to live together peacefully. He pointed to the rapid spread of news regarding organized groups that use deception and a lack of integrity to gain illicit wealth or power. He also noted a growing contempt among some people for peaceful ways of living with one another.

In his reflection, the Archbishop questioned how communities can establish a way of living that effectively seeks the common good through legitimate means. He suggested that societies and communities have attempted to navigate this through two complementary paths.