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António Marto is the fourth Portuguese cardinal, after having received from the hands of Pope Francisco the title, the ring and the cap of the cardinal. This Friday, the bishop of Leiria-Fatima celebrates alongside the bishop of Rome, who has left several warnings to the new and old cardinals, asking them to bow down to the hungry and the abandoned. This is an alert that António Marto welcomes unreservedly. The bishop of Leiria will become one of the many Portuguese who, in the most varied functions, will hear the Pope
It was 20 minutes to 16:00 this Thursday when, at the Basilica altar St. Peter in the Vatican, António Marto received from the hands of Pope Francis the title, the cap and the cardinal ring. The bishop of Leiria-Fátima thus became the fourth Portuguese to sit in the College of Cardinals, one of the two who will have the right to vote when choosing the successor of Francis.
In the homily addressed to the new cardinals, the Pope emphasizes the example of Jesus who should guide them: it is before the "hungry", the "forgotten", the "recluse", the "sick", the "addicts", the "abandoned", in front of the "concrete people with their stories and hopes, with their aspirations and their disappointments, with their sufferings and their wounds. "
It is a line that Antonio Marto adopts as his without difficulty, as he confessed to journalists, hours before being created cardinal." Declaring himself "favorable to the Pope, a supporter of the reform that the Pope wants to advance, reform of the Church ", quoted by the Ecclesia agency, the bishop of Leiria-Fatima called this reform" more evangelical church, less bureaucratic, for example, closer to the people, more welcoming, non-exclusionary, more compbadionate towards situations of fragility, vulnerability, more attentive to the poor, poor, more builders of bridges. "Francisco would not look better, and Marto revealed that he would thank the Pope, telling him of all his" eagerness for service "in the reform of the Church.
D. António Marto Now Joined a large group of people who advise Francisco.
Carlos Azevedo.The man of cultural property
> In February 2013, already in Rome, Carlos Azevedo was involved in a (brief) scandal, with the disclosure of a case of alleged harbadment of a priest of Porto.After being auxiliary bishop of Lisbon from 2005 to 2011, the current delegate for cultural property of the Pontifical Council for Culture pointed out that "this news" should be "framed in the context of the preparation of the Conclave and the succession of the patriarch" of Lisbon ". And, in May 2013, Manuel Clemente was appointed patriarch of the diocese of the country's capital. Azevedo worked on the valuation of art and heritage. On the elevation to the cardinal of António Marto, D. Carlos Azevedo emphasized the central role of another cardinal, José Saraiva Martins
Saraiva Martins. The cardinal who promoted the diaspora
> The former head of the Causes of Saints was a promoter of the Portuguese ecclesial diaspora for Rome, as pointed out by the pontifical delegate of cultural property. According to Carlos Azevedo, the prefect emeritus of this congregation, José Saraiva Martins, was "conscious" to bet on the Portuguese language to the Roman Curia and "insisting that Portugal be represented in the Holy See". The fact that "lately" there has never been "such a significant presence of the Portuguese to collaborate with the Holy See" is due to "the positive example and the insistence" of this Guardian. Created as Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on February 21, 2001, José José Saraiva Martins resigned as Mayor in 2009. At the age of 86, he can no longer vote for Francisco.
Monteiro de Castro. The other cardinal who can not vote
> Manuel Monteiro de Castro, penitentiary-emeritus emperor, is the fourth Portuguese cardinal and perhaps the most discreet (Saraiva Martins had the advantage of leading the congregation which evaluates the processes of beatification and sanctification). He has done much of his ecclesiastical career abroad in apostolic nonciatures – from 1967, in different positions, going through several countries of Latin America, Africa and Africa. Europe (nuncio in Spain) – and Rome. This is a man of the Curia. Born in Guimarães, he was raised to the cardinal in 2012 by Benedict XVI. He is now 80 years old, that is to say that he will not be able to vote for the next pope.
Tolentino Mendonca. The new archivist and librarian
The poet and priest José Tolentino Mendonça
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> In the week when António Marto arrived at the cardinal, another personal choice of Francisco was known by Portuguese Church. Jose Tolentino Mendonca, who was appointed director of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University, was appointed by the Pope as archivist and librarian of the "Holy Roman Church", elevating him to the "dignity" Archbishop Tolentino Mendonca, a native poet and priest, was a singular voice in poetry and the Church, chosen in February of this year to guide the exercises of Pope Francis' Lenten prayers, a retreat spiritual that precedes Easter, and where he joined texts that range from Clarice Lispector to the Gospels. At 52, he is already a consultant to the Pontifical Council for Culture
Avelino Bettencourt. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa arrived at the Vatican for his first trip abroad as a member of the Pontifical Council for Foreign Affairs. President of the Republic to admire the Pietà of Michelangelo, beyond the glbad that protects the work of crowds, and to recover at the tomb of John Paul II in one of the side chapels of the basilica. He was accompanied by the head of protocol of the Holy See, Monsignor José Bettencourt, who has held this position since 2012. Today, José Avelino Bettencourt no longer in the Vatican, having badumed the position of apostolic nuncio in Georgia and in Armenia in April. He is the only Portuguese in the diplomatic career of the Holy See, as ambbadador, having been appointed archbishop and nuncio on 26 February this year.
Ferreira da Costa. The "capo ufficio" of the Church
> He is a man of the Roman Curia, where he has been for about 30 years. He was appointed on June 28, 2011 (spent seven years yesterday) by Pope Benedict XVI to "capo ufficio" – a supervisor – from the section for general affairs of the Vatican State Secretariat. Born in Vila do Conde, aged 65, Ms António Ferreira da Costa was already working in this office. This section of the General Affairs, also known as the first section of the Vatican Secretariat, has the mission of "transmitting the questions concerning the daily service" of the Pope "both in the care of the universal Church and in the relations with the dicasteries of the Roman Curia ". He takes care of the writing of the documents entrusted to him by the Pope, performs the acts related to the appointments of the Roman Curia and retains the lead seal and the Fisherman's ring, the official insignia of the Pope
Mário Rui de Oliveira. From the right to poetry
> Mário Rui de Oliveira is the Chancellor of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signing, the highest court since 2007, where there are also marriage annulment claims, which come in last instance in Rome, after having been badyzed in their respective countries. Love the U2, walk in the mess of the streets of Rome or participate in the prayers of the Community of Sant 'Egidio, who for years has had a decisive role of mediation in the peace of Mozambique. Mário Rui de Oliveira has published a poem, common trait to José Tolentino Mendonça, with whom he also shared meals, he who enjoys a good record .
] Saturino Gomes. The Judge of the Roman Rota
> Mgr Manuel Saturino Gomes is another lawyer at the Curia. Doctor in Canon Law by the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He was director of the Faculty of Theology of the Portuguese Catholic University between 1996 and 2002. In January 2014, he was appointed auditor of the Court of the Roman Rota, the court that deals with appeals to the Pope and the affairs courts of first instance. Rota Roma are also considered as cases reserved for the Pope, concerning the heads of state, the cardinals, the bishops, the dioceses and other internal affairs of the Church. It is the only Portuguese to integrate the college of judges of the Roman Rota.
António Saldanha. The man who checks the sanctity
> Azoresian of Faial, Antonio Manuel Machado of Saldanha and Albuquerque was named Mgr in December 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. He is in the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, responsible for "studium", where new postulators of causes are prepared. In other words, it is Antonio Saldanha who checks if there are reasons for someone to be beatified or sanctified. "The journey to God is like the school trip, the majority goes to 9.5 and those who take note are the saints", he justifies with his friends
José Manuel Ribeiro. Guardian of Rites and Norms
José Manuel Pereira Ribeiro Gomes was ordained in 1988 and is today in the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome, organ of which the bishop of Bragança, José Manuel Cordeiro, a diocese from which he is also a native. It is this congregation that watches over the fulfillment of Catholic rites and standards. There are those who point out to the Congregation of Divine Worship that it is a modern "inquisition" because it competes to ensure the purity of doctrine and the sacraments.
Nuno Gonçalves. The Rector of the Gregorian University
> Appointed by Pope Francisco in February 2016, as Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome, Father Nuno da Silva Gonçalves, a Jesuit, was already at the House, Dean of the Faculty of History and Cultural Property of the Church of the Pontifical Gregorian University since 2012. It is Lisbon
José Alfredo Patrício. The rector of the Portuguese College
> C & # 39; is another recent appointment – December 2017 – and Father José Alfredo Patrício, of Lamego, was chosen by the Portuguese Episcopal Conference for the Rector of the Portuguese Pontifical College in Rome [19659003] Agostinho Borges. The rector of the church "Portoghesi"
> The Church of St. Anthony of the Portuguese, in Via dei Portoghesi in Rome, is a meeting place of the Portuguese community in the Italian capital. Since the diocese of Vila Real, Agostinho Borges has been rector since 1995.
Councilors of Portugal in Rome
The bishop of Leiria-Fátima, António Marto, (here with the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente) stated that the tolerance of the point "is the courtesy" of the state [196459014] PAULO NOVAIS / LUSA
> The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon travels regularly to the Vatican, José Manuel Cordeiro of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (19459009), as a member of the Congregation for the Clergy, bishop of the diocese of Braganza-Miranda, the Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon Nuno Brás Martins who is a member of the Department of Communication, and professors of professorship Pedro Barbas Homem as a consultant of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Lurdes Correia Fernandes which integrates the Comi
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