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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 30 (2.657) Vatican City Friday, 24 July 2020 The Holy Father’s concern over intensification of clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan Peace for the Caucasus After praying the Angelus with re a c h e d ”. The Holy Father also the many faithful gathered in offered prayers and assured his Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday, closeness to all the people who 19 July, Pope Francis reiterated are suffering from the pandemic his appeal for a global ceasefire and its economic and social re- to allow humanitarian aid to p ercussions. reach conflict-torn populations, Before concluding the Marian and he expressed his concern prayer, Francis prayed that the over the renewed violence in the Virgin Mary may “help us to Caucasus region between Ar- menia and Azerbaijan, stating “I understand and imitate the pa- hope that, with the dedication of tience of God, who does not the international community, and want the loss of any of his chil- through dialogue and the good dren, whom he loves with the will of the parties, a lasting love of a Father”. peaceful solution for the good of those beloved peoples, may be PAGE 8 Congregation for the Clergy Pope makes a surprise visit to children participating in the Vatican summer camp initiative New Instruction To have fun you need to be together p re s e n t e d The Congregation for the Clergy Just after 9:00 on Monday morn- Press Office, explained that “after you need to be together, with has issued the Instruction entitled ing, 20 July, the Holy Father paid a passing among the tables, the Pope friends!”. surprise visit to the children and visited the areas set up for the Lastly, before returning to Santa “The pastoral conversion of the par- young people participating in the games in the hall and conversed Marta at approximately 10:00, Pope ish community at the service of the Estate Ragazzi in Vaticano (Summer with the participants. Later, seated Francis greeted the camp coun- C h u rc h ’s evangelising mission”. The Youth in the Vatican) programme, with the children, he encouraged selors individually and thanked document deals with the theme of as they were having breakfast in the them to make new friends: “p eople them for their work. the pastoral care of parish com- atrium of the Paul VI Hall. Matteo who only know how to have fun by munities, the various clerical and lay Bruni, Director of the Holy See themselves are selfish. To have fun GORI ON PA G E 3 ministries, with a view to greater co- responsibility of all the baptised. MSGR RI PA ON PA G E 7 Remembering Cardinal Grocholewski A man of faith always on the move PAGE 2 Commemorating 1945 Peace is the path of hope AF FATAT O & ZAVAT TA ON PA G E 4/5 Rereading Martin Scorsese’s interview The director, the Pope and the Jesuit MONDA ON PA G E 6 page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 24 July 2020, number 30 et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Ep- archy of Mukachevo for Byzantine Rite, Ukraine, Bishop Nil Yuriy Lushchak, OFM, Auxiliary of the said VAT I C A N ecclesial circumscription (20 July). Joliet in Illinois, USA . Until now he Bishop Lushchak, 47, was born in BULLETIN has served as titular Bishop of Užhorod, Ukraine. A member of the Munatiana and Auxiliary of Chica- Order of Friars Minors, he was or- go, USA (17 July). dained a priest on 2 July 1996. He was ordained a bishop on 12 January CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E diocese of Treviso. Until now he has Bishop Hicks, 52, was born in served as vicar general of the said 2013, subsequent to his appointment Chicago, USA . He was ordained a The Holy Father accepted the resig- Diocese (16 July). as titular Bishop of Flenucleta and priest on 21 May 1994. He was or- Auxiliary of Mukachevo. nation of Bishop Gianni Ambrosio Bishop-elect Cevolotto, 62, was dained a bishop on 17 September from his office as Bishop of Pi- born in Treviso, Italy. He was or- 2018, subsequent to his appointment acenza-Bobbio, Italy (16 July). dained a priest on 26 May 1984. He as titular Bishop of Munatiana and HE A LT H CARE FUND — FA S holds a licence in systematic theology. Auxiliary of Chicago. The Holy Father appointed as Bish- The Holy Father appointed Dr Gio- op of Piacenza-Bobbio Fr Adriano The Holy Father appointed Bishop The Holy Father appointed as vanni Battista Doglietto as director Cevolotto, from the clergy of the Ronald Aldon Hicks as Bishop of Apostolic Administrator Sede Vacante of FA S of the Holy See (18 July). Remembering Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski A man of faith always on the move Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, Pre- Polish Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for fect emeritus of the Congregation Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), died on Friday, 17 July. After for Catholic Education (for Educa- learning of Cardinal Grocholewski’s passing, Pope Francis, expressed his tional Institutions), died on Friday, condolences in a telegram addressed to the Cardinal’s brother, Władisław. The 17 July, months shy of his 81st birth- following is a translation of the Pope’s telegram, accompanied by a brief biography. d a y. He was born on 11 October 1939 Informed of the death of your beloved brother, Cardinal Zenon in Bródki, Poland and, after com- Grocholewski, I would like to express my closeness to you and your family pleting his studies in philosophy members in the grief that has stricken those who knew and esteemed the and theology at the archdiocesan dear departed Cardinal. I recall with gratitude the commendable work he ature in the Pontifical Salesian Uni- seminary of Poznań, he was or- carried out as a respected professor of canon law at the Pontifical Gregori- v e r s i t y. dained a priest on 27 May 1963. an and Lateran Universities, and as the author of numerous scientific pub- In the context of his long and After serving three years in parish lications. He was particularly dedicated to serving the Holy See, first as brilliant academic career he was the ministry he transferred to Rome in Secretary and Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, recipient of numerous awards and 1966 to study canon law at the Pon- then as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education. In both spheres he offered his witness of priestly zeal, of faithfulness to the Gospel honours. He was involved in many tifical Gregorian University, earning and of the edification of the Church. As I raise my prayers to the Lord important national and international his licence in 1968 and his doctorate Jesus that He give to the late cardinal the eternal award promised to His conventions, and wrote and co-au- in 1972, both conferred summa cum disciples, I convey my Apostolic Blessing to you and to those who mourn thored numerous books, articles and laude . After completing three further the dear departed one. reviews in specialized periodicals. years of study at the Studio Rotale, He participated in the editing of he obtained his diploma as a canon FRANCISCUS P P. various Canon Law revisions and lawyer. While pursuing his studies in was a member of many scientific Rome he also attended language and canon associations, and also Commission of the Roman Curia in organizing international courses, courses in Germany and France, and served as postulator of the cause for and, from 1988 to 1999, he served as entitled Renovationis canonicae pro performed pastoral work in various the Canonization of Edmund German and Italian parishes. President of the Commission for iudicibus, at the Gregorian Uni- Bojanowski, who was proclaimed a lawyers of the Holy See and of the versity. From 1975 to 1999 he was a From October 1972 to 15 Novem- saint by John Paul II in Warsaw on ber 1999 his primary role was in the Roman Curia. On 7 June 1998, as lecturer and then, beginning in 1983, 13 June 1999, and of Sr Sancia (Gio- Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic the Pontiff’s Special Envoy, he con- an invited professor in the canon vanna) Szymkowiak, who was beati- Signatura, where he first performed secrated the first Catholic Church in law faculty, offering special courses fied by the same Pontiff and was duties as a notary, eventually becom- Almaty, Kazakhstan, on the Pope’s in marriage law and canonical pro- canonized on 18 August 2002. ing chancellor in 1980. In 1982, John behalf. From 5 October 1998 to 15 cedures. He taught administrative He was created a cardinal by Paul II appointed him titular Bishop November 1999 he also served as canon law at the Pontifical Lateran Pope John Paul II in 2001 and parti- of Agropoli and Secretary of the President of the Vatican City Court University of Rome between 1980 cipated in the conclaves for the elec- said Tribunal, a role he fulfilled un- of Cassation. and 1984, and at the Studio Rotale tions of Pope Benedict XVI on 19 til being appointed Prefect in 1998. In 1999 he was appointed Prefect from 1986 to 1988. From 1999, as April 2005, and of Pope Francis on Meanwhile he was raised to the dig- of the Congregation for Catholic Prefect of the Congregation for 13 March 2013.
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