Leo XIV It has a wide view of the church and has a synodal heart. He has a serene and practical style of government, he has confidence in collaborators. If his people pray for him and supports him with affection, the great ecclesial challenges will be won.
It is certain Monsignor Luis Marín de San MartínUndersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, Augustinian religious as the new Pope, with whom he lived for five years in the same community. Monsignor Marín, 63 years old, Spanish from Madrid, also shared with him moments of study and work since the years when, from 2001 to 2013, he was a prior general of the Augustinians.
So he tells of a man who loves to travel and read – wiser than novels -, who takes care of liturgical singing, to football cheering Rome, is a sportsman who loves to play tennis, is mathematical and canonist, therefore rational and ordered. He learned many practical things for everyday life from his mother.
As Undersecretary of the Synod, Monsignor Marín participates in one of the ten post -inoal groups on “sensitive” issues, the one led by Cardinal Tobin which deals with the relationship between bishops and religious and secular aggregations. Of this group was also part of the Cardinal Prevost.
For the Synod there was a work path set by Pope Francis In the days of hospitalization to Gemelli, from the work of the groups, in the dioceses, to the ecclesial assembly of 2028. How will the synod with the new pope proceed?
«There is no doubt that the process started by Francesco will continue. Pope Prevost has a theoretical sense of synodality and ecclesiology, but above all practical: to promote communion to announce the Gospel in today’s world. It is an ecclesial synodality that will be concretized. But he is a man who makes decisions, he knows how to organize. On the timing we wait for his indications, while some things are slipped for the death of Pope Francis – proposal for the program, meetings – or were already slipped (such as the report of the working groups, moved to December), because they needed more time “.
When, as Bishop of ChiclayoPrevost invited her to Peru to collaborate in the training processes of the clergy, she touched her way of being bishop with her hand. In addition, Peruvian collaborators of Monsignor Prevost tell of how to strengthen the responsibility of the lay people and women in the Church already in the years around 2017 …
«Prevost was a bishop in the middle of the people, close to the needs of his people, he led a lot to reach the most remote places. He invited me to illustrate to the clergy of his diocese what the synodality was, this great challenge of Pope Francis who pushed us to overcome a clerical church, in which the Sacred Minister governs everything and has power over everything. Pope Prevost has a very clear idea: what concerns the responsibility of the laity is not a concession of the clergy to the laity. Lays can do what does not concern the ordered ministry, even the positions of responsibility. They are not passive people who have to listen and that’s it. We continue on this path, moreover the Pope has already worked with us in the synod groups ».
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