Juan Gerardi Conedera
born Guatemala City in a December 27, 1922, to parents descended from Italian families. Start your studies in the Nursing Education Center Santa Maria, in Guatemala City.
was interested in the poorest, in 1974 was elected as third bishop of the Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché. Aca knows about the reality of indigenous peoples `q eqchies, Pokomchi, k` e ixliles ICHES. Participated in meetings to promote indigenous ministry for the church to approach people Maya
The persecution against the church was open and unstoppable, be a catechist, or priest in Quiche was taken as a provocation to the Army, viciously attacked. The task was to kill the priests and the bishop, they were all considered communist guerrillas.
Monsignor Gerardi, was proposed to recognize the testimony of the victims of years of violence in Guatemala.
Remhi Project
The project of elaboration of the report took three years, with a team of lay people who carried out the coordination and the technical project . It was attended by 500 leaders of reconciliation. The report prepared in the REMHI consists of four volumes that are named Guatemala Never Again Over a period of three years (1980-1983) was nearly 44,000 victims in Guatemala.
Monsignor Gerardi paid with his life telling the truth. Two days after presenting the report "Guatemala Nunca Más" on Sunday April 26, 1998, between 21:45 and 22 : 30 was killed when he entered his home in the parish of San Sebastian. The attack was directed at him with a stone.
He was buried in the catacombs of the Metropolitan Cathedral in New Guatemala of the Assumption.
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