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L'o S S E Rvator E Romano 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 29 (2.656) Vatican City Friday, 17 July 2020 At the Angelus the Pope thanks those who are close to the sick in this time of pandemic Saddened over Hagia Sophia “I think of Hagia Sophia, and I am very saddened”, Pope Francis said following the recitation of the Marian Prayer on Sunday, 12 July, referring to Turkey’s de- cision to convert Istanbul’s museum com- plex back into a mosque. Earlier, the Holy Father reflected on the day’s Gospel Reading on the Parable of the Sower. For God’s seed to bear fruit in the soul, one must first learn to listen to him. “Often one is distracted by too many interests, by too many enticements, and it is difficult to distinguish, among the many voices and many words, that of the Lord, the only one that makes us free. This is why it is important to accustom oneself to listening to the Word of God, to reading it”, the Pope said. Reiterating his advice that a Christian should always keep at hand a pocket copy of the Gospel, he rec- ommended reading “a short passage every day, so that you become used to reading the Word of God, understanding well the seed that God offers you”. Recalling the celebration of the Interna- tional Day of the Sea, which is celebrated on the second Sunday in July, the Holy Father also extended warm “greetings to all those who work at sea, especially those who are far from their loved ones and their country”. Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (AFP) PAGE 8 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith To ‘curas villeros’ The Holy Father A ‘Va d e m e c u m ’ on certain points of procedure in treating expresses his closeness cases of sexual abuse of minors committed by clerics PAGE 3 In response to numerous questions mentorum Sanctitatis Tutela, taking about the procedures to be fol- account of the revisions introduced lowed in those penal cases for by the Rescripta ex Audientia of 3 Sea Sunday message and prayer which it is competent, the Congreg- and 6 December 2019; the Motu ation for the Doctrine of the Faith Proprio Vos Estis Lux Mundi; and, Upholding seafarers’ has prepared a Va d e m e c u m , intended not least, the praxis of the Con- primarily for Ordinaries and other gregation for the Doctrine of the human rights personnel needing to apply the ca- Faith, which has in recent years be- nonical norms governing cases of come increasingly clear and consol- PAGE 6 the sexual abuse of minors by cler- idated. Intended to be flexible, this ics. The manual is meant to serve manual can be periodically updated as a handbook for those charged if the norms to which it refers are with ascertaining the truth in such modified, or if the praxis of the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Feast of Mary Magdalene criminal cases, leading them step by Congregation calls for further clari- Church, 21-24 February 2019, at the Vatican step from the notitia criminis to the fications and revisions. A choice A historian definitive conclusion of the case. was made not to include in this Va - While not issuing new norms or al- demecum guidelines for carrying out the judicial penal process in the first that the procedure set forth in the investigates tering current canonical legislation, grade of judgment, since it was felt present Codes is sufficiently clear the manual seeks to clarify the vari- and detailed. It is hoped that this ous stages of the procedures in- handbook will assist Dioceses, Insti- volved. Its use is to be encouraged, tutes of Consecrated Life and Soci- since a standardized praxis will Presentation of the manual contribute to a better administra- eties of Apostolic Life, Episcopal tion of justice. Reference is made CA R D. LADARIA, PA G E 4/5 Conferences and the various ecclesi- above all to the two Codes astical circumscriptions to better un- presently in force (CIC and CCEO); derstand and implement the require- the Norms on Delicts Reserved to the Interview with Msgr Morandi ments of justice regarding a delictum Congregation for the Doctrine of the g ra v i u s that constitutes for the TORNIELLI, PA G E 4/5 PAGE 7 Fa i t h in the revised 2010 version, is- whole Church a profound and pain- sued with the Motu Proprio S a c ra - ful wound that cries out for healing. page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 17 July 2020, number 29 Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, CSSp., Archbishop of Bangui; Car- VAT I C A N dinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, IVD, Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane; Cardinal Ig- and director of the Tamil Theolog- natius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, BULLETIN ate (13 July). Archbishop of Jakarta and Military Bishop-elect Pillainayagam, 53, Ordinary for Indonesia; Cardinal was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He Jean-Claude Höllerich, S J, Archbish- AUDIENCES Mrkan. Until now he has served as Bishop of Hvar, Croatia (11 July). was ordained a priest on 16 Septem- op of Luxembourg; and Cardinal Michael Czerny, S J, Undersecretary Friday, 10 July ber 2000. He holds degrees in math- Bishop Palić, 48, was born in ematics, education and philosophy. of the Section for Migrants and Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of Priština, Kosovo. He was ordained a Refugees of the Dicastery for Pro- the Congregation for the Causes of priest on 1 June 1996. He was or- The Holy Father appointed Bishop moting Integral Human Develop- Saints dained a bishop on 30 April 2018, Edward Charles Malesic as Bishop ment; Archbishop Lawrence Hucu- subsequent to his appointment as of Cleveland, USA . Until now he has lak, OSBM, of Winnipeg for Ukraini- Bishop of Hvar. served as Bishop of Greensburg, USA ans; Archbishop Felix Anthony CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E (16 July). Machado, Bishop of Vasai; Arch- The Holy Father appointed Bishop bishop George Frendo, O P, of Tir- The Holy Father accepted the resig- Bishop Malesic, 59, was born in D ražen Kutleša as Coadjutor Arch- anë-Durrës; Archbishop Marco Tin nation of Bishop Stanisław Gębicki Harrisburg, USA . He was ordained a bishop of the Metropolitan Arch- Win of Mandalay; Archbishop Jean- from the office of Auxiliary Bishop diocese of Split-Makarska, Croatia. priest on 30 May 1987. He was or- dained a bishop on 13 July 2015, Marc Aveline of Marseille; Bishop of Wło cławek, Poland (8 July). Until now he has served as Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka of Kyōto; of Poreč i Pula, Croatia (11 July). subsequent to his appointment as The Holy Father appointed Fr Ân- Bishop of Greensburg. Archbishop Thomas Chung An-zu gelo Ademir Mezzari, R C J, as Auxili- Archbishop Kutleša, 51, was born of Taipei; Bishop Raphy Manjaly of ary Bishop of the Metropolitan in Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Allahabad; Bishop Ambrogio Spre- afico of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino; Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil, as- Herzegovina. He was ordained a VICAR APOSTOLIC signing him the titular episcopal See priest on 29 June 1993. He was or- Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna of of Fiorentino. Until now he has dained a bishop on 10 December The Holy Father appointed Fr Jesús Bathurst; Bishop William Hanna served as parish priest of Nossa Sen- 2011, subsequent to his appointment María Aristín Seco, C P, as Vicar Shomali, titular of Lydda; Bishop hora das Graças in Bauru (8 July). as Coadjutor Bishop of Poreč i Pula. Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate Denis Chidi Isizoh, titular of Legia; On 14 June 2012 he was appointed Bishop Patrick Joseph McKinney of Bishop-elect Mezzari, 63, was of Yurimaguas, Peru. Until now he Bishop of Poreč i Pula. has served as Apostolic Administrat- Nottingham; Bishop James Massa, born in Forquilhinha, Brazil. A titular of Bardstown; Archbishop member of the Rogationists of the or of the said vicariate (8 July). The Holy Father appointed as Aux- Paul Desfarges, S J, of Alger; and Heart of Jesus, he was ordained a iliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Bishop Joseph Đình Đúc Đao of priest on 22 December 1984. He Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR Xuân Lôc (8 July). holds a degree in journalism and a Fr Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam, INTERRELIGIOUS DIALO GUE licence in dogmatic theology. from the clergy of the said Arch- diocese, assigning him the titular The Holy Father appointed as PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF The Holy Father appointed Bishop episcopal See of Materiana. Until Members of the Pontifical Council SO CIAL SCIENCES Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S J, as now he has served as vice-rector of for Interreligious Dialogue the fol- Metropolitan Archbishop of Santi- Saint Joseph’s College in Colombo lowing: Cardinal Luis Antonio G. The Holy Father appointed as Or- ago de Guatemala, Guatemala. Un- dinary Members of the Pontifical til now he has served as Bishop of Academy of Social Sciences the fol- Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala lowing: Prof. Pedro Morandé Court, (9 July). professor emeritus of sociology at Archbishop de Villa y Vásquez, Congregation for the Causes of Saints the Pontifical Catholic University of 66, was born in Madrid, Spain. A Chile; Prof. Mario Draghi, former member of the Society of Jesus, he Promulgation of Decrees President of the European Central was ordained a priest on 13 August Bank; Prof. Kokunre Adetokunbo 1983. He was ordained a bishop on Agbontaen Eghafona, professor of 25 September 2004, subsequent to On Friday, 10 July, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal An- sociology and anthropology at the his appointment as titular Bishop of gelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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