The new archbishop guarantees "fidelity to the Church" – Society

The new Archbishop, D. José Tolentino Mendonca, on Saturday promised dedication and fidelity to the Catholic Church during the Episcopal Ordination Ceremony at the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon

"You can you expect to work, loyalty to the Church and the utmost dedication I can, within my limits, will learn from those who are there and I will make myself available, "he said, referring to the post of librarian and archivist of the Holy See, from September. "The Holy Father hopes that I will continue to be an instrument of dialogue and rapprochement between the Church and culture, which I will do with the Apostolic Library," he concluded.

The ceremony was presided by Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who stressed the importance of the functions that the Portuguese archbishop will play in Vatican. "The relationship between Portugal and the Holy See is very important: it is the presence with the pope, in a fundamental responsibility, in a category of bishops where it is very rare to have the Portuguese."