LatviaPublished: 12 October 2026 at 05:58

Theologian Juris Cālītis: People Today Are "Ground Down" Badly

Theologian and pastor Juris Cālītis speaks about the present day in an interview in TVNET's "No otras puses" (From the Other Side) series. It was published just after Latvia's latest Saeima elections.

Theologian and pastor Juris Cālītis has been interviewed in the "No otras puses" ("From the Other Side") series on the Latvian news site TVNET. The headline quotes him: "We live in a time when a person is ground down very much."

The interview comes right after the latest Saeima elections, the vote for Latvia's parliament. According to TVNET, these elections saw no shortage of incompetent speculation.

TVNET also recalls what Cālītis said in an interview ten years ago. Speaking about incompetent people who like to judge matters they do not understand, he said: "It is sad to listen to gnats coughing."

The excerpt gives no further detail on what Cālītis means by people being "ground down".

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