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Lisbon, July 28, 2018 (Ecclesia) – The new Archbishop and Librarian of the Holy See (19659001) Cardinal Patriarch presided over the celebration, highlighting the sensitivity and dialogue capacity of the new Archivist and librarian of the Holy See
The celebration was presided over by the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, and had as bishops' co-ordination the Cardinal D. António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, and D. Teodoro of Faria, Bishop Emeritus of Funchal
Prior to ordination, the apostolic mandate of the Pope was proclaimed publicly by a person in charge of the Apostolic Nunciature (Embassy of the Holy See in Portugal)
Francisco explains that He entrusted the Archbishop of Madeira with a service in a "very important" institution that welcomed researchers from all over the world.
The document stresses the care that the Catholic Church and "the deposit of ancient documents and the treasures of human culture", which demanded, in the papal election, a person "exalted" to "watch over on the writings and testimonies that the times had bequeathed. "
The Pope praises the data "
In his homily, the cardinal-patriarch emphasized the happiness of all present for the choice of D. José Tolentino Mendonça to assume the role of the responsibility of a" unique heritage of creative memory "in the Vatican
D. Manuel Clemente emphasized" the intelligence and sensitivity "of the new archivist and librarian of the Holy See and praised" the fruitful writing "of the new bishop who proposes a "pedagogy of the eye."
In this context, he stressed the "way of seeing
" It is only what makes us live, to us and to others ", said the cardinal-patriarch. "The great needs are solved from the smallest to the greatest, when the availability is total and the great needs are solved. "
The religious, political, academic and military authorities, including the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, as well as personalities from the world of culture attend the assembly.
The Pope Francisco appointed on June 26 the mad priest as archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives and librarian of the Apostolic Library, elevating him to the dignity of Archbishop
The beginning of the new duties of D. José Tolentino de Mendonça is scheduled for September 1.
Up to now, Vice Rector of the Catholic University of Portugal, led this year the Lenten Retreat of Pope Francis and his colleagues the more direct, between 18 and 23 February in Ariccia, a city on the outskirts of Rome
José Tolentino Mendonça was born in Machico (Madeira Archipelago) in 1965 and was ordained a priest in 1990; Tolentino Mendonca was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Sant Lago da Espada by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Republic, in 2015.
O who is responsible for the Portuguese position as archivist of the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Librarian of the Apostolic Library Bishop Jean-Louis Bruguès
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