Francisco started irreversible path, says Father Julius to CNN about reform

THE Father Júlio Lancellotti said in an interview with CNN this Monday (21) believe that the Pope Francis “It began an irreversible way” and that its successor will continue the reforms in the Catholic Church.

Lancellotti received the CNN In the Parish of St. Michael the Archangel, in downtown São Paulo, and spoke about the death of Pope Francis, announced on Monday at the Vatican.

“I believe Pope Francis began a path that is irreversible. Imagine a new Pope who is against immigrants, who does not give words of support to refugees […] It is not possible that the cardinals who will be gathered in Rome will not have discernment to realize that the church is approaching its master, who is Jesus, ”he said.

The priest argued that during the years he occupied the throne of Pedro, Jorge Mario Bergoglio He approached the church with Christian ideals in a “particular” way.

“See the Pope’s nods to the LGBT community: he received a group of trans people in the Vatican. He called Gaza daily to talk to the Palestinian community. He is a pope connected with homeless people, who created in the Vatican a cafeteria, dormitory and laundry. It is possible that someone will come again? The Pope said that the church is not a customs, but of welcome.

Asked if he believed in the succession by a “non-European” Pope, Father Julius said he did not find it necessary to use “labels”: “I believe the Pope has to be increasingly human, with a humanity that approaches Jesus,” he added.

Francisco’s reforms

In the 12 years of pontificate, Francisco has made several financial and administrative reforms in the Vatican. One of the main is the reform of the Roman Curia, the central government of the Catholic Church. The Pope has opened the possibility that Laicos, including women, can command the dicker, that is, the ministries of the Holy See.

The reform is already in place with two women, both religious. Raffaella Petrini, appointed governor of the state of the city of Vatican and Simona Brambilla, the first mayor of the dicker for consecrated life.

Moreover, since assuming the papacy, he defended the reception of divorced in the Catholic Church, including the possibility of communion for those who marry again, a posture criticized by the ultra -conservative clergy.

This content was originally published in Francisco began irreversible path, says Father Julius to CNN about renovation on the CNN Brazil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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