Rubén Capitanio

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Rubén Omar Capitanio (* Los Hornos, Argentina ) is an Argentine Catholic priest and human rights activist .

Life

In 1972, during the dictatorship of Alejandro Lanusses , Capitanio was the prison chaplain in Olmos. After reporting some guards for mistreating inmates, he was forced to quit his job in the prison for the time being. It was only after democratic elections took place in 1973 that Capitanio was able to return to work as a prison chaplain. During the military dictatorship of the National Reorganization process (from 1976), he interceded for the Desaparecidos during the Mass in his community in San Carlos de Berisso ( Province of Buenos Aires ) .

On August 4, 1976, Capitanio received a phone call from Antonio José Plaza , the archbishop of La Plata , who was close to the dictatorship, warning him not to sleep in La Plata that night. On August 7, Capitanio fled to the diocese of Neuquén , where he was protected by Bishop Jaime de Nevares, who was involved in human rights issues . Since then, Capitanio has been a priest in Neuquén.

Coming to terms with the military dictatorship

In 2002, Capitanio wrote an open letter to the Argentine Bishops' Conference in which he accused the church hierarchy of having distanced itself insufficiently from the process of national reorganization. In 2003 he signed another open letter asking members of the Argentine hierarchy to speak about their role in the military dictatorship. The admission of guilt, which the Argentine Church made at the National Eucharistic Congress in Cordoba in 2000 , was described by Capitanio as insufficient.

In 2007 Capitanio testified in La Plata as a witness in the trial of the priest and police chaplain Christian von Wernich , who was involved in murders, tortures and kidnappings during the dictatorship. Capitanio had met von Wernich in 1970 in the seminary in La Plata. The criminal case against von Wernich described Capitanio as a "service to the church" that helps her to "seek the truth".

further activities

Capitanio, who is a member of the Encuentro Nacional de Curas en la Opción Preferencial por los Pobres (CurasOPP, a priestly movement that is committed to the option of the poor ), works in the pastoral care of the diocese of Neuquén, where he is a. a. advocates better health care. In addition to coming to terms with the dictatorship, Capitanio is also committed to prosecuting cases of abuse in the Catholic Church and relieving the Argentine foreign debts.

Quote

"The Church must stand by the crucified, not the crucifixion."

- Rubén Capitanio during the trial of Christian von Wernich

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Alejandra Dandan: “Fue una madre que no buscó a sus hijos” . In: Página / 12 , September 11, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c d Juicio a Von Wernich: Testimoniales . Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ Liliana Daunes, Claudia Korol: Reportaje especial: Iglesia de la liberación en Argentina - entre el poder y la fe ( Memento of the original of September 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adital.com.br archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Adital website. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ No es "la iglesia" ... . Website of the Equipo Nizkor. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ http://aica.org/aica/documentos_files/CEA/Otros_documentos/Reconciliacion.htm
  6. ^ A b Victoria Ginzberg: Un cura que bendijo lareprión . In: Página / 12 , July 15, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Michael Kuhnert: In a fix. The Church in Argentina is grappling with the past. In: Herder-Korrespondenz , 4/2008, p. 200 ( online ).
  8. ↑ Alexei Barrionuevo: Argentine Church Faces 'Dirty War' Past . In: New York Times , September 17, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  9. ↑ La Iglesia advierte que crece la pobreza en Neuquén . AICA website, October 18, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  10. ^ Crítico balance 2010 de la Pastoral Social . In: Río Negro , December 15, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  11. ↑ Patrick J. McDonnell: Priest's Conviction Awakens Old Ghosts . In: Los Angeles Times , October 21, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Capitanio, Rubén
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Capitanio, Rubén Omar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine priest and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Hornos, Argentina