Price € 1,00. Back issues € 2,00 L’O S S E RVATOR E ROMANO WEEKLY EDITION IN ENGLISH Unicuique suum Non praevalebunt Fiftieth year, number 32-33 (2509) Vatican City Friday, 11-18 August 2017 At the General Audience the Holy Father speaks about forgiveness All are sinners in need of God’s mercy At the General Audience on Wed- nesday, 9 August, the Holy Father spoke of God’s mercy as the driv- ing force of Christian hope. When Jesus forgives the sinful woman, the Pope said, his action causes scandal, because it overturns the dominant attitude of the time. In- stead of rejecting sinners, however, Jesus embraces them: those who are outcast, the “untouchable”. In- deed, the Pope observed, “Jesus feels compassion. Literally: Jesus feels his heart tremble”. In this way, “Christ’s heart embodies and reveals the heart of God, who, wherever there is a man or woman suffering, wishes healing, libera- tion, full life for him or her”. This astonishing attitude to those in desperate situations, even those who have made many mis- takes in life, marks our Christian identity with the stamp of mercy, and gives a sure foundation to our hope. It is important to remem- ber, recalled the Holy Father, that “we are all poor sinners, in need of God’s mercy which has the “God’s garden of forgiveness”, Andrea Marie Brueck (2010) power to transform us and to give us back hope”, and that to those “who understand this fundamental truth, God gives the most beauti- ful mission in the world”, which is Appeal for peace in Nigeria and Central African Republic to love our brothers and sisters, and to proclaim “the message of a mercy which He does not deny anyone”. End all hatred and violence PAGE 3 At the conclusion of the General Audience on Wednesday, 9 August, Pope Francis made an earnest entreaty for an end to hatred and violence against Christians in Africa. The following is a translation of the Explosive beginning Pope’s appeal. I was deeply distressed by the mas- and silent end sacre that occurred this past Sunday in Nigeria, inside a church, where innocent people were killed. And sadly this morn- ing there was news of homicidal violence against the Christian com- munity in the Central African Re- public. I pray that every form of hatred and violence may cease and that such shameful crimes commit- ted in places of worship, where the faithful gather to pray, will never be repeated. Let us think of our brothers and sisters of Nigeria and of the Central African Republic. Let us pray for them, all together: Hail Mary, .... A UN peacekeeping soldier guards women fleeing Zike, Central African Republic (Reuters) Reflection at Sunday’s Angelus Women Church World Interview with the Superior General Silence and contemplation Mary of Bethany The Jesuit mission PO LVA N I ON PA G E 11 PAGE 5 REIDONPA G E 6/7 VIANONPA G E 9 page 2 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 11-18 August 2017, number 32-33 St Joseph’s School (Battery); vice rector and then rector of St Mary’s Major Seminary. — the appointment of Fr John Kochuthundil as Bishop of the Ma- jor Archiepiscopal Curia, assigning VAT I C A N him the titular episcopal See of Thuburbo maius and at the same Bishop-elect Fanelli, 52, was born time to the office of Apostolic Visi- BULLETIN in Lucera, Italy. He holds a licence tator for Syro-Malankara faithful in moral theology. He was ordained resident in Europe and in Oceania. a priest on 15 September 1990. He Until now he has been Protosyncel- CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E on 16 May 1997. He has served in has served in parish ministry and as: lus of the Archieparchy of parish ministry and as: vice master private secretary to Bishop Castielli Trivandrum (5 Aug.). The Holy Father appointed Fr of the post-novitiate; custodian of and Bishop Zerrillo; spiritual dire c - Bishop Kochuthundil, 58, was Hugo Ricardo Araya from the clergy the Fraternity; director of postulates; tor of the episcopal seminary; unit- born in Puthussery Bhagon, India. Colegio San Fran- of Villa de la Concepción de Río coordinator of the ary assistant of the diocesan Cathol- He holds a doctorate in canon law. cisco Fu n d a c i ó n Cuarto, as Bishop of Cruz del Eje, ; director of the ic Action; vicar general; member of He was ordained a priest on 22 Nuestros Hijos, Argentina. Until now he has served Ibarra; master of the administrative board of the Casa December 1985. He has served in as rector of the Major Seminary (2 novices; Vice Minister Provincial of Sollievo della Sofferanza at San Gio- parish ministry and as: secretary to A u g. ) . the Capuchin Order in Ecuador; vanni Rotondo; diocesan adminis- the Archbishop of Trivandrum; rec- President of the Capuchins in t r a t o r. Bishop-elect Araya, 57, was born tor of the minor seminary; president Quito; Vice President of the Confer- in El Cano, Argentina. He holds a of the Tribunal; official of the Epis- encia Ecuatoriana de Religiosos. The Holy Father accepted the resig- licence in moral theology. He was copal Conference (CBCI), Protosyn- nation of Bishop Jean-Noël Diouf of ordained a priest on 21 December cellus of the Eparchy of Gurgaon. The Holy Father accepted the resig- Tambacounda, Senegal (5 Aug.). 1984. He has served in parish min- nation of Bishop Francesco Focardi, istry and as: director of the Msgr The Holy Father appointed Bishop The Holy Father appointed Bishop OFM, titular Bishop of Cenculiana, Jean-Pierre Bassène of Kolda, Philipose Mar Stephanos Thottathil Leopoldo Buteler Institute for lay from the Apostolic Vicariate of formation; auxiliary chaplain to the Senegal, as Apostolic Administrator as Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Camiri, Bolivia (2 Aug.). 141st Arsenal Battalion of Holmberg; sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Mary Queen of Peace for Syro- formator and professor at the dioces- The Holy Father accepted the resig- Sedis of Tambacounda (5 Aug.). Malankara faithful in the United an seminary. nation of Bishop Virginio Domingo States and Canada. Until now he Bishop Bassène, 66, was born in Bressanelli, SCI, of Neuquén, Argen- served as titular Bishop of Sozopolis Essyl, Senegal. He was ordained a The Holy Father accepted the resig- tina (3 Aug.). in Haemimonto and Auxiliary Bish- priest on 11 April 1980. He was or- nation of Bishop Jesús Esteban op of Tiruvalla, India (5 Aug.). The Holy Father appointed Bishop dained a bishop on 29 April 2000, Sádaba Pérez, OFM Cap., titular Fernando Martín Croxatto as Bish- subsequent to his appointment as Bishop Thottathil, 65, was born in Bishop of Assuras, from the op of Neuquén. Until now he has Bishop of Kolda. Ranni, India. He was ordained a Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico, been titular Bishop of Fissiana and priest on 27 April 1979. He was or- Ecuador (2 Aug.). Auxiliary of Comodoro Rivadavia, dained a bishop on 13 March 2010, The Holy Father appointed Fr José Argentina (3 Aug.). OR I E N TA L CHURCHES subsequent to his appointment as Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, OFM titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Hae- Bishop Croxatto, 60, was born in Cap., as Apostolic Vicar of Aguarico, mimonto and Auxiliary of Tiruvalla. Morón, Argentina. He was ordained The Synod of Bishops of the Major assigning him the titular episcopal a priest on 6 December 1986. He Archiepiscopal Syro-Malankara See of Ubaba. Until now he has was ordained a Bishop on 17 May Church, after consulting the been Vice Minister Provincial of the 2014, subsequent to his appointment Apostolic See and receiving Pontifi- PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE Order in Ecuador (2 Aug.). as titular Bishop of Fissiana and cal assent for the episcopal appoint- Bishop-elect Jiménez Mendoza, Auxiliary of Comodoro Rivadavia. ments has adopted the following The Holy Father appointed the fol- 48, was born in San Plácido, p ro v i s i o n s : lowing as members of the Board of Ecuador. He holds a licence in the- The Holy Father appointed Fr Ciro — the establishment of the new Directors of the Pontifical Academy ology with a specialization in sys- Fanelli from the clergy of Lucera- Eparchy of Parassala with territory for Life: tematic psychology, degrees in Te r - Troia, Italy, as Bishop of the Dio- taken from the Archieparchy of Bishop Alberto Germán Bochatey, apia Familiar Sistemática y de Pareja cese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy. Trivandrum, and the appointment of titular Bishop of Mons in and in Terapia Humanista. He made Until now he has been Vicar Gener- Bishop Thomas Mar Eusebios Mauretania, Auxiliary of La Plata, his perpetual vows for the Francis- al of the said Diocese and parish Naickamparambil as its first Bishop. professor of bioethics and Vice can Order of Friars Minor on 14 Au- priest of the Cathedral of Lucera (4 Until now he has served as Eparch Chancellor of La Plata Catholic gust 1996, and was ordained a priest A u g. ) . of the Eparchy of Saint Mary Queen University, Argentina; Msgr Carlos of Peace for Syro-Malankara faithful Simón Vázquez, Delegate for the in the United States and Canada (5 Family and Life Section of the A u g. ) . Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life; Dr Adriano Pessina, professor Bishop Naickamparambil, 56, was of moral philosophy and director of born in Mylapra, India. He was or- Francis prays at the tomb of Paul VI bioethics at the Catholic University dained a priest on 29 December of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy; 1986.