Pope nixes Honduras coup

Honduras: Luis Alfonso Santos, Bishop in western Honduran diocese, stated that Pope Benedict XVI opposed to the June 28 military coup.

Television’s channel 36, opposed to the military coup, gave details Thursday about a 15-minute interview the religious authority held with His Holyness a month ago.

“The Pope talked in favor of the Honduran people and against the military coup,” the priest said during a meeting with members of the anti-coup resistance held in the western department of Intibuca.

Santo recalled that a day after armed forces of President Manuel Zelaya were ousted, the Copan diocese termed the fact a coup d’Etat.

That religious dependence includes five departments of west Honduras: Copan, Intibuca, Lempira, Ocotepeque, and Santa Barbara.

The document also condemned human rights violations and soldiers’ aggressions in mass media like channel 36, Radio Globo, and Radio Progreso, from Jesuits, Santos said.

Disclosures by Monsignor Santos about Pope’s stance were simultaneously broadcast with Radio Globo. Tegucigalpa, Prensa Latina