Dominicans mourn yet you clame by Justice

Marking 500 years of the sermon of Montesinos, the order of the Dominicans in the country expressed regret that still have to be keep screaming with so much poverty, injustice, exclusion, abuse toward women and different types of violence affecting present-day society.

The claim was made by father José Hernando Hernández, vicar Provincial of the Dominicans in Dominican Republic, in pronouncing the Homily of a Eucharist held yesterday, in which the Vice President of the Republic, Rafael Alburquerque, handed the decoration the order of Columbus in the grade of Grand Officer in the order of the preachers, granted by the Dominican Government with occasion of met the 21st of this month the 500 years of advent sermon or Sermon of Montesinos.

The mass was officiated by the nuncio Apostolic Joseph Wesolowski at the headquarters of the convent of the Dominicans.

Delivering the homily, father Hernando Hernández said that this sermon u000adelivered 21 December 1511 he was carefully prepared against the injustices that were committed at that time against indigenous peoples, and that unfortunately 500 years later we are awaiting that justice arrives and is done to all.

Exclusion
"We must continue to so many poor people face such exclusion before so many battered women, before so many people that she suffers and so many people screaming victims of all forms of violence." "We must continue asking because at that time, all these people are not people," noted.

He said that it is now important to ask how to do that justice and peace are part of the community and noted that for God nothing is impossible.

During the celebration, the religious received Vice-President Alburquerque hand the award granted by the Government Decree 733-11

To make the delivery, the Albuquerque vicemandatario stressed that 500 years ago it stood u000aa strong voice of freedom to defend human rights, which was a cry that came out of the borders and ended up doing pronounce fairer laws, setting up hours of work and recognition of the rights of man.

said that the award is a recognition of the work has been done in these lands in the Dominican order since 1511.

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