Francisco, against "the clericalization of the laity"

Pope Francis spoke today to against the "clericalization of the laity", when he asked to speak at the Sixth General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops devoted to the Amazon.

As confirmed by two of the fathers of the RD synod, the pontiff raised this issue, which many have read as a refusal to advance the probati viri.

In addition, during his speech, Jorge Bergoglio condemned the "violence" in the region, "especially against women and local communities".

Speaking in front of the 180 synod fathers present at the Wednesday evening, the bishop of Rome also spent a moment praising the work of religious congregations in the Amazon.

Doubts about "probati viruses"

According to the summary, without identifying the speakers in name or in quantity, which the Vatican delivers daily, the question of viri probati was present during the interventions of Wednesday.

"It is stated in an intervention that weaken the thrust of priests to go from one continent to another and even from one diocese to another. In fact, a priest is not "from the community" but "from the Church" and, as such, can be "for any community," says the statement. .

As stated by the press office of the Holy See, the pontiff recalled in the late afternoon prayer the victims of the attack on a synagogue in Halle, in the east of the city. Germany, which caused the death of two people.

According to the Vatican report, another topic discussed was "the drama of drug trafficking and its consequences "The cultivation of coca has increased from 12,000 to 23,000 hectares in some parts of the Panamanian region, with devastating effects due to increased crime and the disruption of the natural balance of the territory, more desertified. "

"Also the construction of hydroelectric plants, which implies deforestation of vast biodiversity-rich environmental reserves, as well as authorized fires that destroy millions of hectares of land, have a very strong impact on the environment of certain regions, modifying the ecosystem ", denounced in the classroom.