At today's briefing on the Synod, a variety of themes and opinions are providing signs of walking together.
Many issues at the second briefing on the Synod for the Amazon were raised today by Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, Archbishop of Huancayo in Peru; Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; Moema Maria Marques de Miranda, Councillor of REPAM and of Churches and mining in Brazil; Paolo Ruffini and Father Giacomo Costa.
Debora Donnini has published the following report:
We must not be afraid of different opinions and to witness to this truth, we have the witness of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the question of circumcision. Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno recalled this, thus giving an important key to a thorough understanding of the Synod which, as Paolo Ruffini also pointed out, is a space to discern together, in prayer, not merely a discussion. There are a wealth of opinions and themes, highlights Father Giacomo Costa, Secretary of the Commission for Information: in this moment we are moving from one theme to another with single interventions of 4 minutes, there is no continuous discourse.
First of all, there is ample space for the formation of lay people and priests to nurture local ecclesial communities, says the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communications, recalling that every synod father expresses his point of view and therefore there are nuances and also different positions on some questions, such as that on the so-called viri probati: everyone recognizes that there is a demand for priests in relation to the size of the territory and an answer is sought. However, the fundamental question is that there are no first and second class Catholics, who can participate in the Eucharist and who cannot. The request for a permanent and not just visiting presence comes from the community who has no one who can celebrate the Eucharist. Suffice it to say that in areas as large as Italy there are 60-70 priests, and some communities see a priest once a year, or even less. Among the proposals put forward is that of temporary local deacons. The need to avoid falling into a functionalist vision of the priesthood was also emphasized. Among the other themes is that of inculturation, of a Church with an indigenous face, and then that of integral ecology, for a culture of sustainability against extractivism.
In his speech Cardinal Barreto, who is also Vice President of the Panamazonian Ecclesial Network, recalls how the Church is not only worrying for now: in 1741 Benedict IX wrote a letter accompanying the suffering of indigenous peoples, Saint Pius X wrote an Encyclical in favour of the Indians regarding the problem of caucheros, the rubber exploiters. There were, therefore, many martyrs, but also shadows. The proclamation of the Gospel can never be imposed and Pope Francis is inviting the Church and the world to listen, he further notes, emphasizing in this sense the importance of the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi and hope in general. Then answering the question of a journalist who spoke of approximately twenty Amazonian peoples who practice infanticide, Cardinal Barreto states that it is not all rosy among the original peoples, but he said he never heard that at this moment there are 20 Amazonian peoples who are practicing infanticide. And he points out, that every human life is sacred. And if someone says in the Church that these practices are possible, he is disavowing the essence of the Gospel.
Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, coming from the Philippines, and a special guest, certainly testified to the suffering of indigenous peoples. She recounted her experience in these regions and the various problems: from the mercury in the blood of children to the places where the river has dried up due to a dam and including her experience in Ecuador of oil wells. She therefore expresses the conviction that the Church should speak to the world and that the natives should be protected.
Moema Maria Marques de Miranda, a Franciscan laywoman, spoke forcefully of her wounds, highlighting the opportunity represented by this Synod: a profound dialogue and listening to what comes from Christianity, from science and from the indigenous peoples who can teach us to coexist and defend the planet, living for millennia in the forest. And, therefore, if on the one hand there is an extractive and deforestation project, on the other hand the possibility of a sustainable project is outlined.
And in the afternoon, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, specified "regarding the question asked today during the briefing on the synodal work, about the presence of United Nations representatives in the previous Synods, which in the past there are already two special guests, specifically in the Special Assembly for Africa, in 2009: Rodolphe Adada, former Joint Representative of the United Nations Secretary General and President of the African Union Commission in Darfur and Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General.
Many issues at the second briefing on the Synod for the Amazon were raised today by Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, Archbishop of Huancayo in Peru; Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; Moema Maria Marques de Miranda, Councillor of REPAM and of Churches and mining in Brazil; Paolo Ruffini and Father Giacomo Costa.
Debora Donnini has published the following report:
We must not be afraid of different opinions and to witness to this truth, we have the witness of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the question of circumcision. Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno recalled this, thus giving an important key to a thorough understanding of the Synod which, as Paolo Ruffini also pointed out, is a space to discern together, in prayer, not merely a discussion. There are a wealth of opinions and themes, highlights Father Giacomo Costa, Secretary of the Commission for Information: in this moment we are moving from one theme to another with single interventions of 4 minutes, there is no continuous discourse.
First of all, there is ample space for the formation of lay people and priests to nurture local ecclesial communities, says the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communications, recalling that every synod father expresses his point of view and therefore there are nuances and also different positions on some questions, such as that on the so-called viri probati: everyone recognizes that there is a demand for priests in relation to the size of the territory and an answer is sought. However, the fundamental question is that there are no first and second class Catholics, who can participate in the Eucharist and who cannot. The request for a permanent and not just visiting presence comes from the community who has no one who can celebrate the Eucharist. Suffice it to say that in areas as large as Italy there are 60-70 priests, and some communities see a priest once a year, or even less. Among the proposals put forward is that of temporary local deacons. The need to avoid falling into a functionalist vision of the priesthood was also emphasized. Among the other themes is that of inculturation, of a Church with an indigenous face, and then that of integral ecology, for a culture of sustainability against extractivism.
In his speech Cardinal Barreto, who is also Vice President of the Panamazonian Ecclesial Network, recalls how the Church is not only worrying for now: in 1741 Benedict IX wrote a letter accompanying the suffering of indigenous peoples, Saint Pius X wrote an Encyclical in favour of the Indians regarding the problem of caucheros, the rubber exploiters. There were, therefore, many martyrs, but also shadows. The proclamation of the Gospel can never be imposed and Pope Francis is inviting the Church and the world to listen, he further notes, emphasizing in this sense the importance of the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi and hope in general. Then answering the question of a journalist who spoke of approximately twenty Amazonian peoples who practice infanticide, Cardinal Barreto states that it is not all rosy among the original peoples, but he said he never heard that at this moment there are 20 Amazonian peoples who are practicing infanticide. And he points out, that every human life is sacred. And if someone says in the Church that these practices are possible, he is disavowing the essence of the Gospel.
Victoria Lucia Tauli-Corpuz, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, coming from the Philippines, and a special guest, certainly testified to the suffering of indigenous peoples. She recounted her experience in these regions and the various problems: from the mercury in the blood of children to the places where the river has dried up due to a dam and including her experience in Ecuador of oil wells. She therefore expresses the conviction that the Church should speak to the world and that the natives should be protected.
Moema Maria Marques de Miranda, a Franciscan laywoman, spoke forcefully of her wounds, highlighting the opportunity represented by this Synod: a profound dialogue and listening to what comes from Christianity, from science and from the indigenous peoples who can teach us to coexist and defend the planet, living for millennia in the forest. And, therefore, if on the one hand there is an extractive and deforestation project, on the other hand the possibility of a sustainable project is outlined.
And in the afternoon, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, specified "regarding the question asked today during the briefing on the synodal work, about the presence of United Nations representatives in the previous Synods, which in the past there are already two special guests, specifically in the Special Assembly for Africa, in 2009: Rodolphe Adada, former Joint Representative of the United Nations Secretary General and President of the African Union Commission in Darfur and Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General.
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