Price € 1,00. Back issues € 2,00 L’O S S E RVATOR E ROMANO WEEKLY EDITION IN ENGLISH Unicuique suum Non praevalebunt Fifty-third year, number 37 (2.663) Vatican City Friday, 11 September 2020 Pope Francis to sign a new encyclical on fraternity and social friendship in Assisi on 3 October In a statement released on Saturday, 5 September, new encyclical entitled “Fratelli tutti”, ("All liturgical celebration, he will sign the new encyc- the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Mat- B ro t h e r s ”) on fraternity and social friendship. lical and return to the Vatican. teo Bruni, announced that Pope Francis will visit The Holy Father is expected to arrive in Assisi Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the the Italian town of Assisi (the home town of in the afternoon where he will celebrate Holy Pop e’s visit will take place in private, without the Saint Francis) on 3 October, where he will sign a Mass at the Tomb of St. Francis. Following the participation of the faithful. Pope to French environmentalists Good politics for the common good Consequences of mistreating our world At the General Audience in the Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard on Wednesday, 8 September, the Holy Father continued his series of catecheses on healing the world, with PAGE 4/5 a reflection on a reading from the Gospel of Matthew on love and the common good (Mt 15: 32-37). In our reflections on the current pandemic in the light of the Church’s social Message to forum participants doctrine, he explained, we have seen that the common good must be the goal of our individual and collective efforts to Economy should be an heal our wounded world. Our Christian commitment in this expression of care regard is inspired by God’s unconditional love, which calls us to set no limits on our love for others and our concern for PAGE 7 their welfare. As members of the one human family, our well- being is a public not simply a private good. By placing every human person and the common good at the centre of our At the Angelus cultural, economic and political activity, we will create a genuinely healthy, just and peaceful world, and so contribute Gossip is a plague to the building of a true “civilization of love”. The coronavi- worse than Covid-19 rus heeds no cultural or political barrier or distinction – nor must we impose any barrier or distinction on our love as we work for the common good in responding to the grave prob- PAGE 8 lems brought to the fore by the pandemic, in fidelity to our Christian vocation. See page 3 for the catechesis. page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 11 September 2020, number 37 APOSTOLIC AD M I N I S T R AT O R The Holy Father accepted the resig- nation of Archbishop György-Mik- lós Jakubínyi from his office as Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Ordinariate for VAT I C A N Armenian Catholics resident in Ro- mania (2 Sept.). CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E The Holy Father appointed Arch- BULLETIN bishop Gergely Kovács as Apostolic The Holy Father accepted the resig- Administrator ad nutum Sanctae nation of Bishop Jean-Paul Jaeger Sedis of the Ordinariate for Armeni- AUDIENCES Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, titular from his office as Bishop of the Dio- an Catholics resident in Romania (2 Archbishop of Anglona, Apostolic cese of Arras, France (4 Sept.). Sept.). Thursday, 3 September Nuncio The Holy Father appointed Bishop Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of Saturday, 5 September Olivier Leborgne as Bishop of Arras. PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF the Congregation for Divine Wor- Until now he has served Bishop of ship and the Discipline of the Sacra- SO CIAL SCIENCES Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS, Prefect Amiens, France (4 Sept.). ments of the Congregation for Bishops The Holy Father appointed as Or- Bishop Legorgne, 56, was born in H.E. Mr Chile Eboe-Osuji, Presi- dinary Member of the Pontifical Captains Regent of the Most Serene Nantes, France. He was ordained a dent of the International Criminal Academy of Social Sciences Sr Republic of San Marino, Their Ex- priest on 29 June 1991. He was or- Court Helen Alford, O P, Vice Rector of the cellencies Mr Alessandro Mancini dained a bishop on 6 April 2014, Pontifical University of Saint Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecor- and Ms Grazia Zafferani, and their subsequent to his appointment as Thomas Aquinas in Rome (4 Sept.). ari, titular of Populonia, Apostolic entourage Bishop of Amiens. Nuncio to Bulgaria and to North Archbishop Luís Miguel Muñoz Macedonia Cárdaba, titular Archbishop of Na- The Holy Father has appointed as NECROLO GY Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty, sai, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of titular of Lindisfarna, Apostolic E r i t re a Sofia-Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Fr Rumen Bishop Laurent Akran Mandjo, Nuncio to Burkina Faso and to Ni- Ivanov Stanev, assigning him the tit- Bishop emeritus of Yopougon, Côte ger H.E. Mr Neven Pelicarić, Ambas- ular See of Simidicca. Until now he d'Ivoire, at age 79 (25 Aug.) sador of Croatia, on a farewell visit has served as parish priest of the A group of laypeople committed to Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz, Arch- parish of Rakovski-Sekirovo, in the ecological issues, from France H.E. Mr Carl-Henri Guiteau, Am- bishop emeritus of Lingayen- bassador of Haiti, on a farewell visit same circumscription (5 Sept.). Dagupan, Philippines, at age 85 (26 Friday, 4 September A u g. ) Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, with a Bishop-elect Rumen Ivanov H.E. Mr Patrick Renault, Ambas- group of disabled athletes Stanev, 47, was born in Kaloyanovo, Archbishop Victor Hugo Martinez, sador of Belgium, for the presenta- Bulgaria. He was ordained a priest Archbishop emeritus of Los Altos, tion of his Letters of Credence Monday, 7 September on 11 September 1999. He holds a Q u e t z a l t e n a n g o - To t o n i c a p á n , Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic degree in theology from the Ponti- Guatemala, at age 90 (27 Aug.) Nuncio to the Syrian Arab Republic Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect fical Urban University. He is presi- of the Congregation for the Clergy dent of diocesan Caritas, and a Archbishop Agustín Roberto Rad- Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, titular member of the presbyteral council rizzani, SDB, Archbishop emeritus of Dr Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Mercedes-Lujan, Argentina, at age of Egnazia Appula, Apostolic Nun- and of the college of consultors. cio to Peru Dicastery for Communication, and 75 (2 Sept.) his entourage Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk, tit- The Holy Father accepted the resig- Bishop Michael Joseph Cleary, CSSp, ular of Otricoli, Apostolic Nuncio to Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar nation of Bishop-elect of Duluth, Bishop emeritus of Banjul, Gambia, A rg e n t i n a General for the Diocese of Rome USA, Fr Michel Mulloy (7 Sept.). at age 95 (3 Sept.) Archbishop emeritus of Utrecht Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis passes away Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Si- al Bernard Jan Alfrink, choosing as He participated in the April 2005 monis, Archbishop emeritus of his episcopal motto “Ut cognoscant Conclave that elected Pope Benedict Utrecht, the Netherlands, died on Te ”. Twelve years later he was called XVI, and two years later resigned as Wednesday, 2 September, at the age by Pope John Paul II to succeed Archbishop of Utrecht, after which of 88. He was born in Lisse, the Cardinal Johannes Willebrands as he lived for some time in Netherlands on 26 November 1931, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nieuwkuijk, in the Mariapolis Mari- the first of 11 children. He studied at Utrecht. He then became president ënkroon of the the Focolari Move- the Hageveld and Warmond semin- of the Bishops’ Conference of the ment. He then spent his last years in aries before being ordained a priest Netherlands. Prior to his election he a care centre in Voorhout, in the on 15 June 1957. He then studied had served as president of the Com- south of the Netherlands, where he biblical exegesis in Rome from 1959 mission for teaching and religious passed away. to 1966. education. He had also served as As reported in last week’s edition, After returning to his homeland grand chancellor of the Catholic upon learning of the Cardinal’s he was appointed vicar in a parish University of Nijmegen. death, Pope Francis sent a telegram in The Hague, with the particular In 1985, John Paul II created him expressing his condolences to task of leading the pastoral care of cardinal with the Title of San Clem- Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, the sick in the local hospital of the ente. As a cardinal he further intens- Archbishop of Utrecht. Cardinal Red Cross. On 29 December 1970, ified his noteworthy commitment to Simonis’ funeral services took place Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop defending the Catholic doctrine re- on Thursday, 10 September, in of Rotterdam. He was ordained a garding marriage, family and the in- Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in bishop on 20 March 1971 by Cardin- violable value of human life. U t re c h t . ANDREA MONDA TIPO GRAFIA VAT I C A N A EDITRICE Subscription rates: Italy - Vatican: € 58.00; Europe: € 100.00 - US$ 148.00 £ 80.00; Latin America, Africa, L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO L’OS S E R VAT O R E ROMANO Asia: € 110.00 - US$ 160.00 - £ 88.00; Oceania, North America: € 162.00 - £ 130.00.