Luis Robles Díaz

Luis Robles Díaz (6 March 1938 – 7 April 2007) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Quotes

• I think we must identify the principal object and to focus all available means in this one direction. Our objective is to announce Christ and help people -Catholics included - to believe and live the Gospel. We must transmit hope based not on human objectives, social, economic etc. This hope must be based on the concrete person of Christ. This may seem obvious but it will do no harm to recall that every bishop must transmit solely the model of Christ. Clearly today especially in countries with serious economic, social and political problems - like many Latin American nations - the Church's ministry much reach every human sphere and offer concrete answers, but what kind of answers? On what must they be based? When the Church's mission becomes confused with earthly goals, economic, political or social, the Gospel ceases to be effective. Men cease to be effective!
  • Towards CELAM 5: “We must share our hope based not on human, social, economic objectives etc., but on the concrete person of Christ”. Interview with the late Archbishop Luis Robles Díaz, vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (18 April 2007) Fides News Agency