Vatican summit can make positive contribution in Lebanon
Pope announced he had invited Lebanon s Christian leaders to meet at the Vatican on July 1
Updated: June 26, 2021 07:22 AM GMT
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Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter s Square during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican on June 20. (Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP)
Pope Francis upcoming meeting with Lebanon s Christian leaders is an opportunity for the Holy See to make a difference in the country s continuing political and economic crisis, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister.
Speaking with journalists June 25 at the Vatican press office, Archbishop Gallagher said that unlike Hong Kong or other places facing political unrest, Lebanon is a place where we perceive we can make a positive contribution.
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Vatican City, Jun 11, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
For the second time in months, Pope Francis has ordered an inspection of a top Vatican dicastery whose head will step down, revealing a modus operandi that might be replicated in other transitions.
The news of the inspection emerged days before the appointment of the congregation’s new prefect, the South Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, on June 11.
Bishop Egidio Miragoli of Mondovì, in northern Italy, told priests of his diocese on June 7 that the pope had entrusted him with an inspection of the Congregation for the Clergy, responsible for the world’s diocesan priests and deacons.
Miragoli began the inspection last Wednesday, and he anticipated that the inspections would last “for the whole month of June” and commit him “from two to three days per week.”
He also said that the pope told him in a private meeting on June 3 about