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 43 (2.669) Vatican City Friday, 23 October 2020 Pope Francis at the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace Holy See and Keeping the flame alight China renew P ro v i s i o n a l A g re e m e n t Upon the expiration of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China regarding the ap- pointment of Bishops, which was signed in Beijing on 22 September 2018 and took effect one month later, the two Parties have agreed to extend the experimental implementation phase of the Provisional Agreement for another two years. The Holy See considers the initial application of the Agreement — which is of great ecclesial and pastoral value — to have been posit- ive, thanks to good commu- nication and cooperation between the Parties on the matters agreed upon, and intends to pursue an open and constructive dialogue for the benefit of the life of the Catholic Church and the good of Chinese p eople. Motivations behind the decision FOR THE HO LY FAT H E R ’S WORDS SEE PA G E 6/7 PA G E 10 Pope to FAO Hunger is a tragedy Fraternity: prophetic vision and artisanal work for humanity ANDREA MONDA that requires creativity: the architec- fraternity”. The latter, like peace, is PAGE 4 ture of peace must be “new”. The not only a vision but itself also a The sun is gently setting on the preceding one is apparently no job, a commitment made of physical Capitoline Hill leaving behind a longer enough. It must be repaired, strain, an “artisanal” job, an “a rc h i - cold breeze, as a young woman updated, reinvented. Europe too can t e c t u re ” that bears in itself the im- reads the Appeal for Peace that con- win a Nobel Peace prize like eight age of a dusty open construction Interview with Bartholomew I cludes the prayer meeting, “No one years ago, but it is evident that the site where it is still not easy to is saved alone. Peace and Fraternity” driving push that was born at the glimpse the final project, unless you Abandon indifference and organized by the Sant’Egidio Com- end of the Second World War (pre- are an architect. In the Gospel, cynicism munity in the spirit of the great cisely in Rome with the Treaties of Jesus is called “the son of the car- event that took place in Assisi on 27 the 1950s) appears to have become p enter”which is translated from the October 1986: “To leaders of nations clouded over, to have taken a down- tekton PAGE 9 Greek , from which comes ar- we say: let us work together to cre- ward trend. chi-tect, head carpenter. ate a new architecture of peace”, the The word “a rc h i t e c t u re ” is strik- God is the true architect of peace. young woman reads with emotion. ing: it makes one think of the capa- Only he can achieve a “new archi- It is then that we understand that city for vision, projects, dreams, the tecture of peace”. But what is man- Sunday Angelus what all the religious leaders are do- vision that spurred John Paul II to kind’s task within this open — “un- ing, sitting side by side, is not a begin this story in 1986 with a ges- accomplished”, one could say, using A peaceful future beautiful “fashion show”, an event ture that was, Francis says today, “a another term dear to Pope Francis — for Libya designed to thrill on a beautiful Ro- prophetic seed that by God’s grace building site? It is a big task, of man October evening, because has gradually matured through un- which the appeal outlines certain peace is not a feeling, but rather a precedented encounters, acts of PAGE 12 job. Tiring, constant, patient, a job peacemaking and fresh initiatives of CONTINUED ON PA G E 5 page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 23 October 2020, number 43 Methodius of Toronto for Slovaks, Canada (20 Oct.). The Holy Father appointed Bishop Kurt R. Burnette as Apostolic Ad- VAT I C A N ministrator sede vacante of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto for — Fr César Garza Miranda, OFM, Slovaks. Until now he has served as BULLETIN assigning him the titular episcopal Eparchial Bishop of Passaic for See of Magnetum. Until now he has Ruthenians, United States of Amer- served as parish priest, dean and ica (20 Oct.). Audiences Bishop-elect Byrne, 56, was born member of the presbyteral council in Washington, D.C. He was or- Thursday, 15 October representing consecrated life. COUNCIL OF CARDINALS dained a priest on 25 June 1994. In Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, titu- 1986 he obtained a bachelor’s degree Bishop-elect Garza Miranda, 49, was born in San Nicolás de los Gar- The Holy Father confirmed as co- lar Archbishop of Ravello, Apostolic from the College of the Holy Cross ordinator of the Council of Cardin- za, Mexico. Member of the Order Nuncio to Great Britain in Worcester, Massachusetts. He car- als to assist the Holy Father in the of Friars Minor, he was ordained a ried out his ecclesiastical studies at government of the Universal Church Archbishop Joseph Marino, titular the Pontifical University of Saint priest on 14 December 2002. He Archbishop of Natchitoches, Presid- and to draw up a plan for the revi- Thomas Aquinas in Rome, as a stu- qualified as an accountant and stud- sion of the Apostolic Constitution ent of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical dent of the Pontifical North Americ- ied philosophy and theology in the Academy “Pastor Bonus” on the Roman Curia an College (1989-1994). Franciscan Faculty of Guadalajara Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Archbishop Fernando Chica Arel- and Monterrey. Maradiaga, SDB, Archbishop of lano, Holy See Permanent Observer The Holy Father appointed as coad- — Fr Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (15 Oct.). to the United Nations Agencies for jutor Bishop of Serrinha, Brazil, assigning him the titular episcopal The Holy Father has furthermore Food and Agriculture (FA O, I FA D Bishop Hélio Pereira dos Santos. See of Milevi. Until now he has confirmed as members of the afore- and WFP) Until now he has served as titular Bishop of Tiava and Auxiliary of the served as rector of the Archdiocesan mentioned Council, Cardinal Pietro Friday, 16 October Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Seminary of Monterrey. Parolin, Secretary of State; Cardinal Seán Patrick O’M a l l e y, OFM Cap, Mr Christian Wulff, former Presid- Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (16 Oct.). Bishop-elect Arcq Guzmán, 54, Archbishop of Boston, USA: Cardin- ent of the Federal Republic of Ger- Bishop dos Santos, 52, was born was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He al Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of many in Pão de Açúcar, Brazil. He was or- was ordained a priest on 15 August Bombay, India; Cardinal Reinhard Cardinal Michael Louis Fitzgerald, dained a priest on 19 December 1 9 9 7. Marx, Archbishop of München und 1996. He was ordained a bishop on M.Af r. — Fr José Manuel Garza Madero, Freising, Federal Republic of Ger- 22 July 2016, subsequent to his ap- many; and Cardinal Giuseppe Ber- assigning him the titular episcopal Archbishop Dagoberto Campos pointment as titular Bishop of tello, President of the Governorate See of Tiburnia. Until now he has Salas, titular of Forotoniana, Thiava and Auxiliary of São Sal- of Vatican City State (15 Oct.). Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia, Gam- vador da Bahia. served as rector of the Cathedral bia and Sierra Leone and episcopal vicar. The Supreme Pontiff has also ap- Saturday, 17 October The Holy Father accepted the resig- Bishop-elect Garza Madero, 68, pointed as members of the same nation from the pastoral care of the was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He Council Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari, titu- Diocese of Kalisz, Poland, presented was ordained a priest on 8 Septem- Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa, lar Archbishop of Alba marittima, by Bishop Edward Janiak and at the ber 1979. Democratic Republic of the Congo; Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and to same time appointed Archbishop and appointed as Secretary of the São Tomé and Príncipe, with family Grzegorz Ryś of Łó dźas Apostolic said Council Bishop Marco Mellino, memb ers Administrator “sede vacante” (17 titular of Cresima, until now adjunct EASTERN CHURCHES O ct.). secretary (15 Oct.). H.E. Mr Panos Kalogeropoulos, Ambassador of Greece to the Holy On Saturday, 17 October, the Holy The Holy Father accepted the resig- See, on the occasion of the presenta- Father appointed as Auxiliary Bish- nation of Bishop Marián Andrej Pa- PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF tion of his Letters of Credence ops of Monterrey, Mexico, the fol- cák, CSSR, from the pastoral care of lowing: the Eparchy of Saints Cyril and SCIENCES Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops The Holy Father appointed as or- Carabinieri of the “Roma San dinary member of the Pontifical P i e t ro ” district Academy of Sciences Prof. José Nel- son Onuchic, professor of molecular Monday, 19 October Holy Father sends aid biophysics at Rice University in Archbishop Nikola Eterović, titular Houston, United States of America, (14 Oct.). Archbishop of Cibale, Apostolic In a communiqué released on Wednesday, 21 October, the Dicastery Nuncio to the Federal Republic of for Promoting Integral Human Development announced that Pope The Holy Father appointed as or- Germany Francis will send economic assistance to all the families of crew mem- dinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Professor Rein- Archbishop Augusto Paolo Lojudice bers of the M/V Gulf Livestock ship, which sank in the Sea of Japan early last month during typhoon Maysak.