Even if the financial crisis is spread throughout the world, this is no time for discouragement, says the leader of Caritas Internationalis.<\/p>\n
Cardinal Oscar Rodr\u00c3\u00adguez Maradiaga affirmed this at a conference this week in Mexico, sponsored by the Instituto Mexicana de Doctrina Social Cristiana (Mexican Institute of Christian Social Doctrine).<\/p>\n
“The crisis is generalized but we must not be discouraged,” the Honduran cardinal affirmed. “The Church isn’t a dead organization and she responds in times of crisis. This time of scarcity is an occasion for growth, and solidarity is the solution.”<\/p>\n
Cardinal Rodr\u00c3\u00adguez Maradiaga called the Incarnation a manifestation of solidarity. And, he said, the Christian should never take an attitude of “let he who can save himself.” Instead the faithful must hear Christ’s call to solidarity.<\/p>\n