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 46 (2.672) Vatican City Friday, 13 November 2020 At the General Audience the Holy Father invites us to persevere in prayer even in life’s darkest moments In silent prayer for victims of abuse ON MCCARRICK Pop e’s Appeal Cardinal Parolin’s statement at the General Audience Yesterday, the Report on The search for the sad case of former truth and a Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was published. glimpse of hope I renew my closeness to the victims of sexual The Report on the Holy See’s institu- abuse and the Church’s tional knowledge and decision-making commitment to eradicate process related to former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, which this evil. the Secretariat of State drew up on the Pope’s mandate, is published FOR THE C AT E C H E S I S SEE PA G E 3 today [10 November]. It is a sub- stantial text, which has involved a careful examination of all the relev- ant documentation of the archives in the Holy See, at the Nunciature in Washington and in the dioceses of the United States involved in various ways. The complex invest- igation was also integrated with in- formation obtained from interviews with witnesses and persons with knowledge of the facts, in order to obtain as complete a picture as possible and a more detailed and accurate knowledge of the relevant information. We publish the Report with sor- row for the wounds that these events have caused to the victims, their families, the Church in the United States, and the Universal Church. As the Pope has done, I too was able to view the testimon- ies of the victims contained in the Ac t a on which the Report is based, CONTINUED ON PA G E 5 Card. Hollerich on Fratelli Tutti A sorrowful page the Church is learning from This is the Gospel ment or harm done to a minor. As A detailed response MONDA ON PA G E 6 ANDREA TORNIELLI soon as the first report was re- At the time of Theodore McCar- ceived from a victim who was a The compilation and publication rick’s appointment as Archbishop minor at the time the abuse was of the Report itself, given its exten- Council for Interreligious Dialogue of Washington in 2000, the Holy committed, Pope Francis reacted siveness and content, responds to See acted on the basis of partial promptly regarding the elderly car- the request of Pope Francis that de- Deepavali message and incomplete information. What dinal, who had already retired as cision-making regarding McCarrick has now come to light are omis- head of the archdiocese in 2006, be thoroughly investigated and that PAGE 7 sions, underestimations, and first taking away his red hat and the results of the investigation be choices that later proved to be then dismissing him from the cler- published. The Report also repre - wrong, due in part to the fact that, ical state. This is what emerges sents an act of pastoral care by the Sunday Angelus during the assessment process re- from the Report on the Holy See’s Pope for the American Catholic quested by Rome at the time, those Institutional Knowledge and Decision- community that was wounded and The sense of expectation questioned did not always disclose Making Related to Former Cardinal anguished that McCarrick had been all they knew. Until 2017, there had Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930 to appointed and promoted to high PAGE 8 never been any precise accusation 2017) published by the Secretariat regarding sexual abuse or harass- of State. CONTINUED ON PA G E 4 page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 13 November 2020, number 46 of the Archdiocese of Yangon, My- anmar, assigning him the titular episcopal See of Malamocco. Until now he has served as procurator of the Archdiocese of Yangon and pro- fessor of Sacred Scriptures at the VAT I C A N Major Seminary (10 Nov.). priest on 23 August 1997. He holds a Bishop-elect Naw Aye, 51, was BULLETIN degree in philosophy and theology. born in Saukwaigyi Village, Myan- mar. He was ordained a priest on 18 The Holy Father has accepted the March 1995. He holds a degree in AUDIENCES served as Bishop of Dubrovnik, resignation of Bishop José Dolores philosophy and in theology, a BA in Croatia (4 Nov.). Grullón Estrella from the office of psychology, and a Master’s degree in Friday, 6 November Sacred Scriptures. Bishop Uzinić, 53, was born in bishop of the diocese of San Juan de H.E. Mr Uhuru Kenyatta, President Dubrava, Croatia. He was ordained la Maguana, Dominican Republic. of the Republic of Kenya, with his a priest on 27 June 1993. He was or- The Holy Father appointed Fr To- OR I E N TA L CHURCHES entourage dained a bishop on 19 Mar 2011, más Alejo Concepción as Bishop of Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Fer- subsequent to his appointment as the diocese of San Juan de la Ma- The Synod of the Patriarchal rer, S J, Prefect of the Congregation Bishop of Dubrovnik. guana, Dominican Republic. Until Church of Alexandria for Copts, for the Doctrine of the Faith now he has served as parish priest of Egypt accepted the resignation from The Holy Father appointed as Aux- Nuestra Señora de Fátima in the the office of Curial Bishop presented Saturday, 7 November iliary Bishops of the Metropolitan same diocese (7 Nov.). by Bishop Youhanna Golta, titular Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS, Prefect Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bishop-elect Concepción, 57, was Bishop of Andropolis (3 Nov.). of the Congregation for Bishops Bahia, Brazil: Fr Dorival Souza Bar- born in Santa Ana, Dominican Re- reto Júnior, assigning him the titular Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, public. He was ordained a priest on STA R T OF MISSION Dean of the College of Cardinals see of Tindari. Until now he has 7 August 1993. He holds: a degree in served as parish priest of Nossa Sen- philosophy and theology, a licence On 30 September, Archbishop Brian Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Vicar hora da Conceição and São José in in philosophy and theology, and Udaigwe, titular Archbishop of General of His Holiness for Vatican Montes Claros-MG; Fr Valter studied missiology. City Magno de Carvalho, assigning him CONTINUED ON PA G E 3 Monday, 9 November the titular see of Giufi. Until now The Holy Father appointed Bishop he has served as rector of the São Jacques Habert as Bishop of H.E. Mrs Maria Alejandra Muñoz José Major Seminary (4 Nov.). Bayeux, France. Until now he has Seminario, Vice President of the Re- served as Bishop of Sées, France (10 public of Ecuador — Bishop-elect Barreto Júnior, 56, N o v. ) . Disciplinary measures Fr Pierluigi Maccalli, Society of was born in Jequié, Brazil. He was Bishop Habert, 60, was born in African Mission (SMA) ordained a priest on 10 March 1988. He holds a licence in liturgy and a Saint-Malo, France. He was or- for Cardinal doctorate in theology. In addition, dained a priest on 30 September CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E he attended a specialist course in 1989. He was ordained a bishop on Gulbinowicz p h i l o l o g y. 9 January 2011, subsequent to his ap- The Holy Father appointed Bishop pointment as Bishop of Sées. Mate Uzinić as coadjutor Archbish- — Bishop-elect Magno de In a statement released on Friday, op of the Metropolitan Archdiocese Carvalho, 47, was born in Capela The Holy Father appointed Fr Noel 6 November, the Apostolic Nun- of Rijeka, Croatia. Until now he has Nova, Brazil. He was ordained a Saw Naw Aye as Auxiliary Bishop ciature in Poland announced that Cardinal Henryk Roman Gul- binowicz, Archbishop emeritus of Wro cław, Poland, has been sub- jected to disciplinary measures for Holy Father’s prayer intention for November harassment, homosexual acts and collaboration with the past Se- May robotics serve the common good curity Services. “Following the investigation into the accusations made against Car- In the video entrusted to the As the Pope is speaking, video have to direct so that they will be dinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, and Church through the Pope’s World- images scroll by: crowds of people, for the good of all. This prayer in- after analysing other accusations wide Prayer Network, Francis, their faces obscured by the techno- tention reinforces the idea that the concerning the Cardinal’s past, the speaking in Spanish, expresses his logy that “follows” them; scientists benefit that humanity has obtained Holy See has taken the following prayer intention for the month of working with holographic images; (and will continue to obtain) from disciplinary decisions against him: Novemb er. robots resembling both animals and technological progress must always he is forbidden from participating “Artificial intelligence”, he states, humans, and others in use in the take into account as well, and in in any public celebration or meet- “is at the heart of the epochal field of medicine; solar panels parallel, ‘adequate development of ing; forbidden from using epis- change we are experiencing”. He ex- serving green technology. responsibility and values.’ This is copal insignia; and prohibited plains that “robotics can make a bet- Accompanying the video on the how the Pope expressed it in his En- from a funeral service and burial in ter world possible if it is joined to website https://thepopevideo.org/ is cyclicals Laudato Si’ and now in Fra - the cathedral”, the statement said.