Outrage against Mazón reaches mass

BarcelonaThe cornering of the Valencian president, Carlos Mazón, covers all fronts, even some unexpected ones. His twists and turns have drawn fierce criticism from the political opposition—and even from Vox—; the increasingly common mass demonstrations, which have attracted hundreds of thousands of indignant protesters; the polls, which predict a significant fall in the elections; and the justice system, with the former minister. Salomé Pradas and her number two accused; the multiple commissions of inquiry in institutions that uncover the shameful management – such as the fact that the Valencia ravine was no longer monitored because the flow He went down and it was time to eat, according to the former chief of the Fire Department in the territory.-; the Arrest of a Valencian man for threatening to kill Mazón, or the uproar within his own party. But that's not all: the outrage has also reached the church. In recent days, a homily by Father Josep Miquel Bausset has spread like wildfire. He singles out the head of the Council, based on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus that Jesus explained to his disciples, recorded in the Gospel of Luke.

"I heard the parable, a very current parable, a rich man who eats, drinks, and ignores the poor man next to him. A rich man who eats and drinks indifferent to the suffering of those next to him. I had no choice but to remember a very similar case, someone who eats and drinks," said Bausset from the parish of L'Alcúdia (Ribera Alta), lamenting the long lunch and Mazón's dessert on the day of the cold drop, in what He arrived at the operational meeting at 8:28 p.m. according to the latest version. -that is also in question–. And Bausset added forcefully: "It's very relevant today. They are harsh words, they are strong words, yes. But think if someone had lost their father, sister, son, grandson, drowning. And the fact is, we can't be neutral, the Pope isn't." It didn't stop there and he closed the sermon like this: "The Gospel asks us to live attentive to those who are in need, not to be like that rich man who had the poor man next to him and ignored him, or that politician who ate and drank while 228 people died."

A homily applauded on social media connects with the unrest in the region. It was delivered on March 20 by a priest who is not the priest of that parish, but rather a well-known monk from Montserrat. Why did he celebrate Mass if he isn't a priest from Alcudia? By a series of coincidences: according to ARA, this priest, who is the son of a long-standing Valencian activist, Josep Lluís Bausset, had to spend a few weeks in his hometown for a family matter. Taking advantage of the occasion, he officiated several Masses, allowing the people to fully experience Catalan in the church, since in this town—as in the rest of the Valencian Community—most Masses are in Spanish, even though the population is predominantly Catalan-speaking. The YouTube broadcast and the opportunity to hear the daily Gospel also played a positive role.

The priest himself has already delivered committed homilies as a monk, reflecting his Catalanist stance and defender of the language, opposed to the repression following the 1-O referendum and with a social vision toward poverty and immigration. In the same Mass, he defended the thesis that theology and homilies should be conducted "with the Bible and the newspaper because, otherwise, it becomes very hazy" and "doesn't keep our feet on the ground." In Valencia, he has collaborated with groups defending the language, such as the Christian Saturday Group, and writes social and Catalanist articles in newspapers. The homily was significant, even though part of the Valencian clergy is still anchored in staunch conservatism and is reluctant to speak Valencian, despite the fact that the Archbishop of Valencia, Enrique Benavent, is a Valencianist. Precisely on April 6th The centenary of a nationalist sermon by Father Bartomeu Barceló is commemorated., a Mallorcan who, from the Principality, defended that "the crown of the King of Spain is the ring of the Catalan people." This event, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, led him to exile in Northern Catalonia.