Andrés Stanovnik

Andrés Stanovnik (December 15, 1949–) is an Argentinian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Corrientes.

Quotes

• The fundamental truth that makes us free is the grateful recognition that we come from God and we are not the product of chance, or of mere biological evolution, or of some cosmic coincidence.
  • Bishop reminds Argentineans “man comes from God and is not product of chance” (17 July 2005)

• If we lose this essential vision of unity and mutual collaboration that man and woman possess, we are left as just two isolated individuals without meaning. Man and woman can more clearly recognize their own identity the more they remain close to each other, linked together and faithful, and the more they live out the essential openness to reciprocity and complementarity. Only if they are together can they prepare themselves to be missionaries of love and of life. The encounter with the living Jesus Christ and their insertion into the Church will make them even more fulfilled and happy.
  • Argentinean archbishop calls for promotion of women without ideological distortions (10 March 2009)

• We need to look for deepest symptoms of the crisis of Christian marriage and the family in the weakening of the life of faith. This fragility comes after a gradual loss of the Christian understanding of life, in this case of conjugal and family life, caused by multiple factors, including a certain inconsistency in Christian formation, and as a consequence, the scarce practice of the life of faith.
  • Argentine bishop: weak faith life has caused marriage crisis (29 August 2013)