at the beginning of the summit to the abuse scandal has prompted the Pope to all the bishops to take concrete actions. The message: The Meeting would bring results.
Just under three minutes, Pope Francis spoke at the launch in the Synod hall of the Vatican. His message to the 190 participants, including the presidents of the Episcopal conferences in the world, but it was clear: This Meeting needs to deliver results. The Holy people of God look to, said the Pope. And don’t expect a simple and predictable condemnations, but concrete and effective measures.
The Evil
The Pope spoke in reference to the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church of a “cry of the Small, demanding justice”. At the Meeting, a weight-of-responsibility laste. “This obliges us, together, as a community, to discuss honestly and thoroughly, we are able to meet like this Evil, the burdens of the Church and of humanity.”
Pope Francis said at the beginning of the summit, at the Meeting, a weight-of-responsibility laste.
The first day of the three-day meeting is dedicated to the theme of responsibility. Before the short introduction of the Pope, all the participants in the Videos have been confronted with the portrayals of abuse victims. This was Francis at the start is important, in order to make all of the terrible personal consequences that are triggered by sexual abuse.
people hurt and deep wound
set The from the Pope the desired root note of the subsequent discussion about abuse of the Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. His confession: Also they as bishops have to admit that they had added to the Victims and the whole of the Church’s wounds: “Our lack of responsibility towards the Suffering of the victims even went so far that the victim was rejected, and the scandal is covered to protect the offender and the Institution.” The have hurt the people, and a deep wound left behind “in our relationship with those we are sent to serve you.”
Thundering appeal to workup
The first unit cardinal Tagles was not less than a thundering appeal to push in this conference, all restraint aside in the work-up of the mistakes made by the Catholic Church in the past few years, the topic of abuse.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna has been calling for years for more transparency in the Church. He also stressed that the faithful remember in the world would that mean the Church in dealing with the abuse problem seriously.
All the bishops on the way
Similar tones came before the start of the conference, cardinal Marx: All bishops ought to understand, as Marx, that the fight against sexual abuse is a challenge that you would have to make.
He very much hope that a thrust, a pulse-driven for the Church. That together all the bishops of the Church on the way to overcome this terrible Evil of sexual abuse.
Marx belongs to the exclusive circle of just five cardinals, allowed to be held during the conference, a longer speech. His lecture is scheduled for Saturday. As a sign of transparency, the Vatican transfers all of the Talk on Livestream. The conference goes on Sunday with an address by the Pope to the end.
kick-off abuse conference: Pope calls for concrete measures
Jörg Seisselberg, ARD Rome
21.02.2019 12:38 PM
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