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L'o S S E Rvator E Romano Preço € 1,00. Número atrasado € 2,00 L’O S S E RVATOR E ROMANO EDIÇÃO SEMANAL EM PORTUGUÊS Unicuique suum Non praevalebunt Ano LI, número 43 (2.668) Cidade do Vaticano terça-feira 27 de outubro de 2020 O anúncio no final do Angelus na praça de São Pedro Francisco criará treze novos cardeais O consistório terá lugar a 28 de novembro O Papa Francisco criará treze novos D. Marcello Semeraro, Prefeito da cardeais no consistório que terá lugar a Congregação para as Causas dos 28 de novembro próximo. Foi o próprio Santos; Pontífice que o anunciou no final do D. Antoine Kambanda, Arcebispo Angelus recitado domingo, 25 de de Kigali, Ruanda; outubro, com os fiéis na praça de São D. Wilton Gregory, Arcebispo de P e d ro . Wa s h i n g t o n ; No próximo dia 28 de novembro, D. José Advincula, Arcebispo de véspera do primeiro Domingo de Capiz, Filipinas; Advento, realizarei um Consistório D. Celestino Aós Braco, Arcebis- para a nomeação de treze novos po de Santiago do Chile; Cardeais. Eis os nomes dos novos Purpurados: D. Cornelius Sim, Bispo titular de Putia in Numidia e Vigário Apostó- D. Mario Grech, Secretário-Geral lico de Brunei, Kuala Lumpur; do Sínodo dos Bispos; D. Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Arce- bispo de Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa- Montalcino; Frei Mauro Gambetti, Franciscano Apelo do Papa e dos chefes religiosos aos responsáveis dos Estados no final do encontro de oração Conventual, Guardião do Sagrado Convento de Assis. Juntamente com eles, unirei aos membros do Colégio Cardinalício: Uma nova arquitetura da paz D. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, Bispo Emérito de San Cristóbal de las Casas, México; D. Silvano M. Tomasi, arcebispo ti- tular de Acelum, Núncio Apostólico; Frei Raniero Cantalamessa, Capu- chinho, Pregador da Casa Pontifícia; Mons. Enrico Feroci, pároco de Santa Maria do Divino Amor em Castel di Leva. Oremos pelos novos Cardeais pa- ra que, confirmando a sua adesão a Cristo, me possam ajudar no meu ministério como Bispo de Roma, pa- ra o bem de todo o povo santo e fiel de Deus. Prorrogado o Acordo entre a Santa Sé e a República Popular da China PÁGINAS 6/7 E 8 Finalidade e motivos PÁGINA 4 A irmandade entre visão profética e trabalho artesanal Entrevista do patriarca ecuménico de Constantinopla Abandonemos ANDREA MONDA quitetura da paz», lê emocionada a ganhar de novo o prémio Nobel da jovem. Compreende-se então que o paz, como há oito anos, mas é evi- a indiferença e o sol põe-se suavemente sobre que todos os líderes religiosos estão dente que o impulso propulsor nas- o Capitólio deixando lugar a realizar, todos sentados lado a la- cido no final da Segunda Guerra cinismo a uma brisa fria quando do, não é um lindo desfile, um Mundial (precisamente em Roma, O NDREA ORNIELLI NA PÁGINA uma jovem lê o apelo a favor da evento destinado a emocionar nu- com os Tratados dos anos 50) pare- A T 5 paz que conclui o encontro de ora- ma tarde agradável de outubro em ce ter-se desvanecido, ter empreen- Roma, porque a paz não é um sen- dido o processo descendente. A pa- ção «Ninguém se salva sozinho. «Fratelli tutti» timento bonito, mas uma obra. lavra “arquitetura” impressiona: faz Paz e fraternidade» organizado pela Cansativa, constante, paciente, uma pensar na capacidade de visão, de Uma nova Comunidade de Santo Egídio no obra que precisa de criatividade: a projeto, de sonho, a visão que le- espírito do grande evento de Assis arquitetura da paz deve ser “nova”. vou João Paulo II em 1986 a iniciar «Pacem in terris» de 27 de outubro de 1986: «Aos res- A anterior evidentemente já não é esta história com um gesto que foi, ponsáveis dos Estados, dizemos: suficiente, deve ser reparada, atuali- MASSIMO BORGHESI NA PÁGINA 9 trabalhemos juntos numa nova ar- zada, reinventada. A Europa pode CO N T I N UA NA PÁGINA 8 página 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO terça-feira 27 de outubro de 2020, número 43 Magia do cinema e ajuda anticovid nos rios da Amazónia A missão de um sonhador ELISA PINNA macacos, tucanos e araras. A cozi- uma criança não tem preço», explica de água, no sulco das doenças trazi- nheira de bordo, Lucineide, prepara o piloto de Gaia, Dinho, acostuma- das há séculos pelos conquistadores Gaia é o nome de uma típica embar- as pipocas, que certamente não po- do a navegar em águas traiçoeiras, europeus, a Covid-19 atingiu cidades cação que navega nos rios amazóni- dem faltar num cinema digno desse onde há até piratas. Mas depois veio e aldeias, transformando a Amazónia cos, pintada de amarelo, inteiramen- nome. «A felicidade no olhar de o coronavírus. Ao longo dos cursos na região mais afetada e indefesa do te de madeira, com dois conveses e Brasil. Gaia voltou a zarpar, desta dotada de redes para dormir à noite vez para entregar mais de 30 tonela- sob o céu equatorial que se reflete das de ajudas alimentares às comu- nas águas escuras ou para ouvir o nidades indígenas. «Quando chega- canto inquietador dos macacos. Tor- mos, as pessoas recebem-nos com nou-se lenda, nesta terra de maravi- admiração», observa Pluviano, «pois lhas naturais e de sofrimentos huma- mais ninguém se ocupa delas». Du- nos, graças a um sonhador chamado rante a pandemia morreram vários Oliviero Pluviano. Jornalista, hoje feiticeiros e caciques idosos: assim aposentado, músico itinerante e ex- desapareceram inteiras “bibliotecas” correspondente no Brasil da Agência de conhecimentos, explica. italiana de imprensa (Ansa), um be- É por isso que, quando acabar a lo dia decidiu que Gaia, já julgada emergência de saúde, ele quer voltar inadequada para socorrer os doentes da região de Santarém, poderia ser o a navegar, e não só para divulgar o instrumento para realizar um sonho: cinema, mas também para reunir levar o cinema aos povos indígenas histórias e o saber dos sobreviventes mais distantes, pobres e isolados da mais idosos, antes que seja demasia- Amazónia, a aldeias em palafitas on- do tarde. «Além disso, tenho outro de ninguém jamais vira um filme e sonho. Posso dizê-lo? Construir um muitas pessoas nem sequer imagina- Templo de Deus, em madeira e fer- vam que pudesse existir tal oportu- ro, em Alter de Chão, um dos luga- nidade de admiração e maravilha. res mais lindos da Amazónia, para Levá-lo às comunidades mais iso- todos os credos, no centro de uma ladas, cuja identidade — e muitas ve- região onde está em jogo a salvação zes a própria sobrevivência — é do planeta». ameaçada pela desflorestação, pela violência dos colonos e pelos devas- tadores incêndios criminosos que, para dar espaço ao cultivo especula- tivo, destroem o pulmão do planeta. Pluviano — sangue genovês, rosto Presença dos católicos no mundo emoldurado por cabelo macio, barba Desde o início do pontificado do Papa Francisco até 2018 e bigode brancos — queria que a sua “gaiola” colorida, com uma marcha ligeiramente torta mas muito rápida, A publicação do Anuário Estatístico da Igreja para o Em 2018, a América é o continente ao qual pertencem espalhasse cultura e alegria entre os ano de 2018 permite examinar a presença dos católicos 48,3% dos católicos do mundo. Destes, quase 58% es- índios. «Não é justo viver só de no mundo durante os últimos cinco anos. tão presentes na América do Sul. Moderadamente cres- mandioca e peixe». Na esteira de De 2013 a 2018, o número de católicos batizados a cente parece a incidência no mundo católico do conti- Fitzcarraldo, o homem que esperava nível mundial aumentou de pouco mais de 1.254 mi- nente asiático que, com uma relevância de 60% da po- construir um teatro de Ópera lírica lhões para cerca de 1.329 milhões, um incremento de pulação mundial, permanece cerca de 11,1% durante to- na Amazónia e inspirador de um 6%. Comparando estes dados com a evolução da po- do o período analisado, no que diz respeito aos católi- grande filme de Werner Herzog, em pulação mundial, que passou de 7.094 para 7.496 mi- cos. Ao contrário, continua estável a incidência dos ca- 2011 Oliviero zarpou com os primei- lhões no mesmo período, verifica-se que a presença re- tólicos batizados na Oceânia em relação ao total mun- ros filmes, recebidos da embaixada lativa dos católicos aumentou ligeiramente de 17,68% dial, mas com uma consistência que não chega a 0,8%. italiana. Havia também “La vita è para 17,73%. A análise geográfica das variações no pe- De particular interesse é também a leitura dos da- b ella”, de Roberto Benigni que, Plu- ríodo examinado mostra um incremento exaltante de dos, continente por continente, do número relativo de viano recorda, se tornou um sucesso cerca de 18% de católicos na África, que no entanto au- católicos em relação à população: um quociente que imediato entre as comunidades indí- mentou a sua população de pouco mais de 15%, e a mostra o número de católicos por cada 100 habitantes genas. Desde então até 2020, Gaia comparação entre as duas percentagens demonstra a do continente. Estes valores mostram que a presença navega no coração da Amazónia pa- eficácia da atividade pastoral nos países africanos. dos católicos no final de 2018 é radicalmente diferente ra relançar a magia do cinema em Também no continente americano houve um aumento nas várias áreas geográficas: variam de 63,7% de católi- lugares esquecidos por todos: do rio de católicos superior ao da população (4,6% contra cos presentes na população na América a 39,7% na Eu- Tapajós, afluente do Amazonas, a 4,4%).
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