"The pope asked me questions about Rafaela"

TOGETHER Pope Bergoglio with our bishop, Monsignor Luis Fernández.

In the last days, Pope Francis received more than 30 bishops from the north, the coast and the center of the country, who invited him back to the country and also gave their impressions of the situation. Economic and Social Council of Argentina. The pontiff was reunited for a little over two hours with the 33 bishops of the first group of more than 100 pastors who will go "ad limina" to the Vatican between April and May to visit the main bodies of the Holy See. Among them was the head of the diocese of Rafaela, Msgr. Luis Fernandez, who kissed him and who, in a very short personal conversation, questioned him about our city. "The pope asked me about Rafaela, he asked me how things were going, and I asked him how he was going.The truth was that it was a very nice meeting, "said Monseñor, adding that" we could find a person with the one who worked in Buenos Aires and see us and kiss us, the truth that was very exciting, "he said.
Fernandez is currently in Spain, where he visits a friend priest. From Italy, he went to this country and will soon be in our city.
"We listened for two hours to his guidance and see him with his 82 years very lucid in peace, but at the same time with great confidence to tell the Argentineans means that will also help us to look for better places for which we walk. said that the bishops are very close to the priests and asked us to be, thanked all those who work in a moment of greater reconciliation, more justice in the country and not to lose hope ", the bishop of our diocese entrusted to Radio ADN, FM 97.9 of our city, a speech loaded with emotion.
Monsignor said that Pope Bergoglio had told them that he wanted to come to our country in 2017 and that because of the circumstances in the country he had preferred to leave later, but at the same time he wanted to come in Argentina, but "At present, other regions of the world have priorities that suffer a lot and ask the Argentineans to understand them because, in others, there is a lot of poverty and he asks us for patience ", did he declare.

CONCERN

Pope Francis has signed a standard in which he is obliged to denounce any allegation of badual abuse or power on the part of a cleric, establishes the procedure to be followed in the dioceses and requires speed in the preliminary investigations.
The "motu proprio" or document of Francisco calls "Your estis lux mundi" (You are the light of the world). It was published Thursday and also asks all dioceses of the world to create, before June 2020, a system accessible to anyone wishing to file a complaint, as well as a comprehensive protection and badistance of whistleblowers.
This new law is one of the "concrete proposals" promised by the Pope to eradicate the scourge of abuse in the Church, after the historic meeting on the theme that was held in February with representatives of all episcopal conferences. .
This was one of the topics discussed at the meeting and Fernandez reported that "the pope told us: there is great pain in the church because most people leave it. because of this shame that we have thrown into the world, where, to be honest, an institution that must have fundamentally the value of morality and, above all, those we must give as an example, we have done a very great harm to the Church, we asked for zero tolerance with these questions, "said Fernandez stating that" we must help the priests so that they do not lose the most basic of their vocation, help people , young people, respect for others, this very plural heart where we serve, not the opposite of the shame that has been inflicted on children, and where the Church pays dearly, many people flee the churches face this shame of abuse, "he said.
In addition, he stated that "with this new law, it is desired to prevent, badist and intensify the spirituality of priests so that we can return our hearts to Christ." and in the service of the people of God ".
It also includes any cases of violence against religious women by religious, as well as the alleged harbadment of seminarians or novices. Similarly, the crimes of concealment, the "actions or omissions aimed at hindering or avoiding civil investigations or canonical, administrative or criminal investigations", he concluded.