Don Carlos Cuarteroni Fernández. Una vida a contracorriente. El pecado gaditano

Abstract

Hay vidas que parecen de película o podrían inspirar una obra literaria. Hay vidas que pasan casi desapercibidas y otras que adoptan un papel protagonista. En este sentido, la vida de Carlos Cuarteroni podría ser calificada de extraordinaria. Hombre defensor de hombres, sensible y religioso, fue de todo: desde capitán de barco a sacerdote. Vivió intensamente a miles de kilómetros de su Cádiz natal, junto con sus hermanos surco los mares e hizo proezas propias de una persona que ambicionaba del mismo modo que perseguía la justicia. No toleraba la esclavitud, no soportaba los abusos de los poderosos, sean europeos u oriundos... Un católico fervoroso, amigo de papas, sirvió a la iglesia universal pese a que no conectara del todo con ella. No hizo distinción en los cultos y creyó, firmemente, en la educación de la gente.

There are lives that seem like something out of a film or could inspire a literary work. There are lives that go almost unnoticed and others that take centre stage. In this sense, the life of Carlos Cuarteroni could be described as extraordinary. A defender of men, sensitive and religious, he was everything from a ship's captain to a priest. He lived intensely thousands of kilometres from his native Cadiz, sailing the seas with his brothers and performing feats befitting a person who was as ambitious as he was in his pursuit of justice. He did not tolerate slavery, he could not stand the abuses of the powerful, whether European or native... A fervent Catholic and friend of popes, he served the universal church even though he did not fully connect with it. He made no distinction between religions and believed firmly in the education of the people.