For the ninth time in ten years of his pontificate, Pope Francis announced a new promotion of cardinals on Sunday. On September 30, 2023, 21 pieces are to be “created”. Vatican. Two of them are French: the Apostolic Nuncio US, Dom Christophe Pierre, 77, and Dom Francois Xavier Bustillo54, Franciscan, Bishop of Ajaccioat island of corsica
The report is from Jean Marie Guenoispublished by Le figaro07/09/2023.
A France There are now six cardinal electors, one of whom must be under 80 to elect the pope. In particular, the twothirds majority required to elect his successor in the event of a conclave will have been elected by this Pope, who has always chosen these men from among bishops very close to his pastoral orientations, even if the election of the Bishop Bustillo(Bishop of Ajaccio, Corsica islandconventual Franciscan) a more classical prelate contradicts this strong tendency.
No Roman pontiff before Francis He allowed himself to act quickly enough in appointing new cardinals nearly one promotion a year to ensure the sustainability of his reforms. Especially since this year there was no need to create new ones, since the College of Cardinals now counts 137 cardinal electors under 80 years of age, while the minimum quorum established by the decree is 120 prelates.
For the record: John Paul II he convened nine consistories as this ceremony for appointing new cardinals is called in … 25 years. to FrancisThe appointment of cardinals close to his lineage is a crucial aspect of his church reform policy, as it determines his successor’s choice of lineage. In so doing, he rejects any dissenting personality, which his predecessors did not, who always included cardinals who opposed them to accommodate the diversity of opinion in the church. The most symbolic example of this policy is the appointment of Bishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, an Argentine and close friend of the Pope, who is about to turn 62.
He is her spiritual son, just as this prelate is his theological mentor Francis. The Pope also appointed him to the prestigious post of Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithPosition held by Cardinal Ratzinger under the pontificate of John Paul II. Bishop Fernandez is also behind many important texts by Francisincluding the encyclical Amoris Laetitia, which reformed access to communion for the divorced and remarried after the Synod on the Family.
The Bishop’s Book fernandez on the “art of the kiss” caused a scandal in his day, as did his position on blessing homosexual couples. In 2015, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, this very Reformation theologian, unscrupulous about the Church’s tradition, declared: “The cardinals themselves can disappear, in the sense that they are not essential”, because “the Church is People of God” led by their shepherds”.
Francis also named another Argentine close to him, Bishop Angel Sixto Rossi, a Jesuit who is very committed to the social plan. Finally, note in this list three names of bishops in charge in very tense countries: Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, a remarkable Italian Franciscan who performed impeccably in the Holy Land in an extremely complex situation. Bishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba in South Sudan and Bishop Stephen Chow SauYan, Jesuit Bishop of Hong Kong With whom is the man of the current dialogue? Chinaa crucial dossier for the Pope Francis.
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