DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Monsignor Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán, the recently appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo, has outlined the Roman Catholic Church’s critical priorities, in an interview with the. Corripio Media Group. As the new speaker for the institution, Morel Diplán emphasized that the Catholic Church remains deeply concerned with four primary social issues: the state of the educational system, the rise in disappearances, the challenges of migration, and the environmental and social impacts of mining.

Addressing the administration of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic, Monsignor Morel Diplán clarified public misconceptions regarding ecclesiastical financing. He explicitly stated that the Catholic Church is not sustained by the Dominican government. While dioceses receive approximately 500,000 pesos monthly, he explained that these funds are strictly allocated for social...