” “”Violent images and deplorable curses”: it was the comment of the Spanish bishops to the playbill of a new film on Teresa of Jesus, and on the catalogue of an art exhibition in the Estremadura region. Through a note published yesterday evening, the Executive Committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference made known that “in the last few days, several facts took place, even encouraged by public institutions, which might be considered real offences to Catholics, since they denigrate the most representative images of the Church’s faith, such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and the saints “. According to the Spanish bishops, the images above “offend also the sensitivity of any person with straight conscience”. They referred to the “television advertisement of the film named Teresa", and to the case, "even more serious, of the catalogues of a photographic exhibition published by the Council of Culture of the Estremadura municipal committee, with introduction by the person in charge of such catalogues”. “We firmly expect respect for the Catholic faith, its images and signs", they wrote. “It is necessary to establish respective responsibilities in lawful and peaceful ways, they concluded, as foreseen in the system of our democratic and legally constituted State”, since “without justice, even free life in common is impossible”.” “
