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Price € 1,00. Back issues € 2,00 L’O S S E RVATOR E ROMANO WEEKLY EDITION IN ENGLISH Unicuique suum Non praevalebunt Forty-eighth year, number 31 (2407) Vatican City Friday, 31 July 2015 The Pope makes an appeal at the Angelus for the release of Jesuit Paolo Dall’O glio Freedom for captives in Syria And he is the first to enroll as a pilgrim for WYD 2016 in Krakow people appeared beside him at the window of the Apostolic Palace, as Pope Francis invited their peers throughout the world “to experience this pilgrimage either by going to Krakow, or by taking part in this moment of grace in their own com- munities”. As Sunday was the day of the liturgical feast of Sts Joachim and Anne, Jesus’ grandparents, the Pontiff also acknowledged “all grandmothers and grandfathers, thanking them for their valuable presence in families and for the new generations”. Before the Marian prayer, the Pope spoke about Sunday’s Readings, which focused on the event of the multiplication of loaves and fish, which were provided by a boy who gave all that he had. After reciting the Angelus on for the release of this esteemed reli- Pe t e r ’s Square to join him in praying “Before the suffering, loneliness, poverty and difficulties of so many Sunday, 26 July, Pope Francis called gious man”, and remembered “the the Hail Mary. p eople”, the Holy Father asked, on local and international authorities Orthodox Bishops also abducted in Sunday’s Angelus was particularly “what can we do?”. Like the lad in to renew their commitment to secure Syria and all the other people who memorable for the Holy Father’s un- the freedom of abductees in Syria. precedented act: with several clicks the Gospel, he said, “we can offer As the second anniversary of the have been seized in the areas of con- on a tablet, he officially opened re- the little that we have”, which may kidnapping of the Jesuit Paolo flict”. As a sign of “affection and in gistration for World Youth Day in consist of time, talents, skills. D all’Oglio approaches, the Pope joining their suffering”, he asked the Poland, scheduled to take place ex- made “an earnest and urgent appeal numerous faithful present in St actly one year from now. Two young PAGE 3 Archbishop emeritus of Washington Message for the 89th World Mission Day A student remembers his teacher Martin West Cardinal Baum dies The grammar of faith The text must come first PAGE 4 PAGE 8 Renewal in the Holy Spirit Safeguarding the musical traditions Who are we of Eastern Christianity to cause division? To sing with two lungs PAGE 9 New Patriarch of Cilicia for Armenians The Pope’s message for the 89th World Mission Day to be celeb- rated on Sunday, 18 October A good shepherd for the Middle East PAGE 6/7 Pope Francis has sent a mes- sage of congratulations to the newly elected Patriarch of Cilicia for Armenians, His Beatitude Grégoire Pierre XX Secretariat for the Economy Ghabroyan. The letter, dated The 2014 financial 25 July, also expresses the Holy Father’s concession of statements of the Holy ecclesiastical communion to See and Governorate the new patriarch. PAGE 10 PAGE 8 PAGE 2 page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 31 July 2015, number 31 Letter conceding ecclesiastical communion to Grégoire Pierre XX G h a b ro y a n Patriarch of Cilicia A good shepherd for Armenians The new Patriarch of Cilicia for Armenians is 80 years old. He for those suffering in the Middle East was born in Aleppo, Syria, on 15 November 1934. After attending We are publishing below a translation the minor seminary in Bzommar, of the letter written in French, in which Lebanon, run by the Marist Fath- Pope Francis communicated his ers in Jounieh, Lebanon, he com- concession of ecclesiastical communion pleted his studies at the Pontifical to His Beatitude Grégoire Pierre XX Gregorian University in Rome. Ghabroyan, who was elected Patriarch He was ordained a priest on 28 of Cilicia for Armenians on 24 July, March 1959 for the Institute of by the Synod of that Patriarchal the Patriarchal Clergy of Bzom- mar. On 3 January 1977, he was C h u rc h . appointed as the Apostolic Ex- arch for Armenian Catholics res- ident in France, and received the titular See of Amida for Armeni- ans. He was ordained a bishop on the following 13 February by Patriarch Hemaiagh Pierre XVII Ghedighian, CAM. On 30 June 1986, the apostolic exarchate was Miniature depicting St Gregory of Narek raised to the level of eparchy with the title of “S a i n t e - C ro i x - d e - Pa r i s des Arméniens Catholiques de good, our land will yield its increase of God who have been entrusted to Fr a n c e ”, and Msgr Ghabroyan (cf. Ps 85[84]:12)! you. The many Armenian martyrs, was appointed the first bishop of and St Gregory of Narek, Doctor of that ecclesiastical district. On 2 Your Beatitude’s election comes at February 2013, he resigned from the Church, will not fail to intercede a time in which your Church is fa- his duties in the pastoral govern- To His Beatitude cing difficulties and new challenges, on your behalf. GRÉGOIRE PIERRE XX GH A B R O YA N ment of the eparchy. particularly, the situation and great I most willingly grant, Your Following the death of Patri- Patriarch of Cilicia for Armenians trials a portion of the Armenian Beatitude, the ecclesial communion arch Nersès Bédros XIX Ta r m o u n i Your election to the See of Cilicia Catholic faithful are enduring in the which you request of me, in accord- in Beirut on 25 June, as the eldest Middle East. However, illuminated for Armenians is for me a cause of ance with the tradition of the prelate of the Permanent Synod, profound joy and I thank you for by the light of faith in the Risen H.B. Ghabroyan assumed the of- Christ, our gaze upon the world is Church and with the norms in force. the letter with which Your Beatitude fice of administrator of the Partri- filled with hope and mercy, for we Entrusting you, as well as your informed me of it, requesting ecclesi- archal Church during the sede va- are certain that the Cross of Jesus is ministry, to Jesus Christ and to the astica communio. cante. On 30 June, he gave the the tree which gives life. protection of the Most Holy Mother homily at the funeral of his pre- I join all the faithful of the Patri- I am confident that Your of God, I impart to you my heartfelt decessor, presided by the papal archate in expressing to you my Beatitude, in communion with the Apostolic Blessing, which I extend delegate, Cardinal Leonardo fraternal and cordial congratulations venerable Synod Fathers, and with to all the Patriarchate. Sandri, Prefect of the Congrega- and I implore an abundance of di- the help of the Holy Spirit, will be tion for the Eastern Churches. vine gifts for you so that your new able, with all the wisdom of the From the Vatican, 25 July 2015 His Beatitude was elected by the ministry may bear countless fruit. Gospel, to be Pater et Caput, Good Synod on Friday, 24 July, its 14th When the Lord will give what is Shepherd of the part of the People FRANCIS day in session. VAT I C A N BULLETIN CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E 2 of the Code of Canon Law (24 Ju- 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law EASTERN CHURCHES ly). (25 July). The Holy Father appointed Fr John The Holy Father appointed Fr The Holy Father accepted the resig- Moon Hee Jong as Auxiliary Bishop The Holy Father appointed Bishop Joseph Kodakallil as Eparchial Bish- nation of Bishop Joan Piris Frígola of Suwon, Korea, assigning him the Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid as op of Satna for Syro-Malabars, In- titular episcopal See of Mutia. Until Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia. Until of Lleida, Spain. It was presented in dia. Until now he has been parish now he has been parish priest and now he has been Bishop of Málaga- accord with can. 401 § 1 of the Code priest of St Vincent Cathedral (22 Director of the diocesan Department Soatá (24 July). of Canon Law (28 July). July). for Evangelization and professor at Bishop Ochoa Cadavid, 52, was The Holy Father appointed Bishop Bishop-elect Kodakallil, 49, was the Major Seminary (23 July). born in Bello, Colombia. He was or- Salvador Giménez Valls as Bishop born in Upputhode, India. He stud- Bishop-elect Moon Hee Jong, 48, dained a priest on 5 July 1986. He of Lleida, Spain. Until now he has ied philosophy and theology and was born in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. was ordained a bishop on 24 April been Bishop of Menorca, Spain (28 obtained a doctorate in liturgy. He He was ordained a priest on 21 2006, subsequent to his appointment July). was ordained a priest on 31 Decem- January 1994. He holds a licence in ber 1991. He has served in parish as titular Bishop of San Leone and Bishop Giménez Valls, 67, was liturgy. He has served in parish min- ministry and as: rector of St Thomas Auxiliary of Medellín. On 24 Janu- born in Muro di Alcoy, Spain. He istry and as: spiritual director of the Minor Seminary; professor and vice- ary 2011 he was appointed Bishop of Major Seminary at the Catholic was ordained a priest on 9 June rector of St Ephrem’s Theological University of Suwon.