The new pontiff XIV Leone Face Numerous challenges In the government of Catholic ChurchMany of whom were already present during the pontificate of their predecessors. The defense of unit In the Church, the renovationsTHE SynodalityHim ecumenismHim Interreligious dialoguelas finance of the Vatican and the sexual abuseThey are among their main challenges.
In his first greeting the faithful, Robert Prevost MartínezIt precisely requested a united church, an need observed by the cardinals during the congregations and after the polarization that exists in the Church and in the world. “AND Walk with you, like a united church, always looking for peace, justiceAlways trying to work as men and women faithful to Jesus Christ, without fear, to proclaim the Gospel, to be missionaries. Thank you! “He stressed.
The new pontiff must also be positioned Changes taken by Franciscowhich opened a new way for the processes of nullity of marriageclarified the blessing of homosexual couples, divorced who got married or Couples who live together Without having crossed the altar, in the condition that is carried out outside the liturgical rites, an unpublished gesture in the Catholic Church.
You will also have to decide whether Francisco’s legacy continues to open multiple paths to get a greater Participation of women in the Catholic Church And, in particular, in the ecclesiastical administration, among others. However, Jorge María Bergoglio has not advanced in accessing the diaconate and neither in Planning of priestly women nor in Planning of married people or at the end of celibacy.
The possibility of creating is pending Ministries ordered for womenEducation in Seminarsrelations between Bishops and the religious communities And the role of the Nuncios.
Leo XIV has been shown clearly in favor of synodality In his first intervention in front of the faithful, one of Francisco’s great bets, who promoted the Synod, as a process of listening and prayer of all the members of the Church. The last one culminated last year, but Francisco maintained ten work commissions open with controversial issues such as the Welcome to LGTBI or Female Order.
Another fundamental aspect promoted by the previous pontiffs was the ecumenismThe dialogue between different Christian religious confessions to tend to unity after great historical scismes, as well as interreligious dialogue with other great monotheistic religions.
Him Interreligious dialogue Between different religious or spiritual traditions that Franciso guide, the scourge of sexual abuse In church and delicate finance of the Vatican are other problems that the new pontiff has on the horizon.
Robert Prevost will also have to continue the work of his predecessors in the fight against abuses within the Church, whose advance is seen as insufficientAs regards the victims, they claim more actions in some dioceses and face the finances of the Holy See, in Red numbers. Also, you have to pilot the Curia reform Culminating in Francisco with the approval in 2022 of the new Apostolic Constitution “predict the Evangelium”.
Your visits to Spain
Ávila, Rum raisin, Bilbao y León They are Spanish cities that have received the main visit, which as general general of Order of San Agustín He has traveled through numerous countries and also for other personal responsibilities and relationships.
Last September 22ndThe new Pope visited the house of Santa Teresa de Jesus, the current Basilica de la Santa, in the signed book with his name with his name: “Robert Cardinal Prevost -vaticano-“.
The visit to Bilbao took place September 16, 2011 To participate in the ceremony of consecration of the religious Baschi Augustinian Michel Olaortua as Bishop of Iquitos (Peru), since the new Pope has developed a good part of his religious life in that Latin American country.
In 2007 He visited the Los Olivos school in Malaga, where he spent a month.
In León he was inside 2002 To attend the commemorative acts of the Centenary of the College of the Augustinian Padders, a teaching center that has joined the joy for their choice, since it represents “a milestone for our family in Augustina and for the entire universal Church”, the religious have written through a message disclosed by social networks.
Félix Bolaños He spent this Thursday through the microphones of the compass a few minutes after the pre -ost appointment as a new pope was known and said that from the government “We will be happy to receive Leo XIV in Spain”.
