A priest from Rio Negro is the successor of San Francisco de Asis

Vatican This Saturday, he was elected 120th successor of San Francisco de Asís by Argentine father Carlos Alberto Trovarelli. Thus, the one born in Rio Negro became the new General Minister of the Order of the Conventual Minor Fathers.

"It is an honor to be the successor of San Francisco and the father of a great fraternity.I asked the Saint of Assisi with the help of his mind.At parents, I will ask that we work and think together, always look at the gospel and how Saint Francis lived the gospel, "said the Argentine father. The following points are at the center of the reflections of the new general minister: "The fraternity, the restructuring of the Order, the updating of the way of life, a look at society and ask what this society asks us , the Franciscans. "

Father Carlos belongs to the religious province "Rioplatense" of San Antonio de Padua in Argentina and Uruguay. He was born in Cinco Saltos, in the province of Río Negro, on June 22, 1962 and was ordained a priest on March 25, 1995. Until now, he was badistant general of the Federation FALC (Latin American Federation of Conventuals) ).

Who was San Francisco? St. Francis of Assisi preached poverty as a value and proposed a simple way of life, based on the ideals of the Gospels. It must be remembered that at that time, other groups that advocated a return to primitive Christianity had been declared heretics, which is why Francisco wanted to obtain papal authorization. At about 12:10 pm, after receiving Francisco and a group of eleven of his companions, Pope Innocent III orally approved his model of religious life, granted him permission to preach it, and ordered him to become a deacon.

The pope asked for a free church of "mundane"

Pope Francis asked yesterday that the church be liberated from "mundane" and "strategies". "In order for the acts of the Holy Spirit to be facilitated, material ties, personal points of view, strategies, objectives that hinder the path of free access, must be freed from the ability to listen docilely. the word of the Lord, "said the Sovereign Pontiff. .

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