Overview
- Cardinal Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio said there is no candidate of the Church and reaffirmed institutional neutrality less than a month before the vote.
- He ordered priests not to ask for votes during liturgies and warned against using religious spaces for electoral promotion.
- The archbishop recounted that a person who sought a photo with him turned out to be a candidate aiming to imply Church backing.
- He urged the faithful to reject and even tear up images that suggest clerical endorsements of any campaign.
- In the same homily, he cautioned about dangerous international escalation linked to misuse of religion and called for a cease in hostilities and renewed dialogue in the Middle East.