• Briefing on the work of the Synod on the Family 2015
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas strongly condemns the "DIY
justice"  Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas,
Archbishop of Santa Cruz, has strongly condemned the scourge of
the "DIY justice". "It is really scary to know when someone is
lynched, as if it were a significant fact that every community
can take the law into their own hands, it is horrible to take
the life of another person and what is worse, if one says that
it was a mistake," the Cardinal said in his homily on Sunday,
May 27, referring to the execution of two people last week,
including a policeman in the town of Ventilla. In this last case
the authors admitted that the murder victim was killed by
mistake, to avenge a wrong that was committed by another person.
In the area the population tends to seek justice for themselves
and often innocent people pay the consequences. The Cardinal has
also complained about the growth of youth gangs in several
cities: several of these gro