"We must affirm the ninety-nine when we go looking for the one," he said.Ĭhaput said that it was good to have non-voting members in the working group, especially women, who helped the bishops come to a better understanding of family life.Īrchbishop Ulrich explained that his group was made up of people speaking the same language but culturally very different. He said that he was unsure of the impact the Congress would have on the Synod but that he does know it "had an impact on the Holy Father and a big impact on me." He said that the people who had come to Philadelphia, although chosen by their respective dioceses, celebrated "what the Church understands about family life." The Arcbishop said there were roars of approval when people heard what the Church traditionally taught at the Congress. He said the work happened in a "fraternal atmosphere" and that the bishops "think the same on many issues."Īrchbishop Charles Chaput gave some reflections on the recent World Congress of Families in Philadelphia. The groups began to work on Wednesday morning on the first part of Instrumentum Laboris which outlines the context in which contemporary family life is lived.įr Federico Lombardi SJ, director of the Vatican Press Office, was joined by Archbishops Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, Laurent Ulrich of Lille, and Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón of Ayacucho o Huamanga of Peru at Wednesday's press briefing.Īrchbishop García-Calderón said the Fathers had exchanged views and opinions among themselves in his Spanish-speaking group. The thirteen groups were determined by language. It is enough to hear of the experience of Iraqi Christians who left everything they had in one night in order to stay true to their faith”.The Synod Father elected chairpersons and moderators for their circuli minores (small groups). On reconciling love and justice, the Patriarch remarked that “if love does not exceed justice, the Gospel becomes empty. Faith, like love, is a commitment and must grow day by day in the long journey of life”. It is not “a static fact, or speculation, but rather an inner vision, a profound mystical relationship, lived in the details of difficult everyday life. “Faith is the basic condition for being justified and becoming children of God, as it is faith that gives meaning to life”, he continued. He does not subordinate his proclamation to human opportunity or hypocritical respect, but rather considers the Gospel to be a gift of inestimable value that reveals God’s justice and grace”. “For him, the Gospel is an act of worship, and therefore it is praying, being in communion with God, loving, obeying, and living and bearing witness to the joy of proclaiming the Gospel in everyday life. “Paul is an apostle who feels that he is sent by God”, he said. In this way he affirmed that “living the faith in communion brings consolation”. Paul’s epistle to the Romans, emphasising the apostle’s wish to visit and bring the Gospel to the Christian community in Rome. The Patriarch commented on the reading from St. Vatican City, 9 October 2015 (VIS) – His Beatitude Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and head of the Synod of the Chaldean Church offered a meditation during this morning’s prayer before the resumption of the work of the Synod.
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