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Archbishop Ulloa urges Panamanians to lower the temperature: “Truth does not need insults to be true”

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Panama Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa urged people to restore dialogue and fraternity while defending justice without humiliating or disqualifying others.
  • Ulloa said lowering the tone of confrontation does not mean remaining silent about injustice or avoiding demands for accountability.
  • He also marked the centenary of Panama’s elevation to a metropolitan archdiocese within the church’s 513-year diocesan history.

Panama Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa called on the country to lower the temperature of public confrontation, insisting that defending justice does not require insulting or humiliating anyone.

During his sermon, Ulloa urged Panamanians to recover a spirit of encounter, dialogue and fraternity. He referred to the prophet Ezekiel’s warning against indifference to another person, and to Saint Paul’s teaching that love should guide conduct. He also invoked Jesus’ words about restoring communion when a relationship breaks down.

We still have time to meet again.

· José Domingo UlloaThe archbishop urged Panamanians to restore dialogue and fraternity.

“We still have time to meet again,” Ulloa said. He urged worshippers not to ignore situations affecting others, arguing that families, communities and society share responsibility when people lose hope or divisions deepen. But he cautioned that accepting this responsibility does not mean turning into judges of others.

Correct from a place of love, tell the truth and demand justice, but without destroying the dignity of the other.

· José Domingo UlloaHe distinguished accountability from humiliation and personal attacks.

“Correct from a place of love, tell the truth and demand justice, but without destroying the dignity of the other,” he said. Ulloa stressed that calling for a calmer public tone should not be confused with silence in the face of wrongdoing. “There are situations that must be denounced and responsibilities that must be demanded,” he said. “Truth does not need insults to be true; firmness does not need humiliation to be firm.”

The archbishop also warned against treating people with different views as enemies. “We cannot ask for peace in the streets if we carry wars in our words; we cannot speak of fraternity while disqualifying those who think differently,” he said.

Truth does not need insults to be true; firmness does not need humiliation to be firm.

· José Domingo UlloaUlloa called for a lower tone in public confrontation without abandoning demands for justice.

Ulloa further addressed the centenary of the Archdiocese of Panama’s status as a metropolitan archdiocese. He said the commemoration forms part of 513 years of diocesan history, linked to three historic pilgrimage sites: Panama Viejo, Casco Antiguo and Darién. “The place changed, but the mission did not change,” he said, adding that the centenary marks one period within the longer history rather than replacing it.

We cannot ask for peace in the streets if we carry wars in our words; we cannot speak of fraternity while disqualifying those who think differently.

· José Domingo UlloaHe warned against treating political or social differences as enmity.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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