even within his own coalition, the conservative Independent Democrat Union. Piñera said he was in "total and absolute agreement" with Bishop Goic, but defended the use of homosexual issues in political campaigns because "a good president has to worry about all Chileans". Jorge Pizarro, the chief of Eduardo Frei's campaign, said in the strongest terms that, "even in the Church there are many homosexuals, people who commit crimes as sensitive as pedophilia, and they exist everywhere: and that's not going to silence the issue". Eduardo Frei was more conciliatory, saying that he could not exclude gay Chileans, because "we are all children of God and, therefore, we should all be welcome in our country". Notes and references Notes References Note: All sources are in Spanish. External links Website of the Diocese of Rancagua Iglesia.cl biography Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić 1940 births Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chile Chilean people of Croatian descent Living people People from Punta Arenas Roman Catholic bishops of Rancagua Roman Catholic bishops of Talca Roman Catholic bishops of Osorno