Cardinal Hummes, known as a defender of the poor, dies at 87

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" read Cardinal Hummes’ episcopal coat of arms, echoing the expression of St Francis of Assisi,"Brothers all", which also inspired the Pope's latest encyclical,. This was another clear sign of the unity of intent and thought that bound him to the other Francis, the reigning Pontiff, who chose his unprecedented papal name at the Cardinal's suggestion.

Those poor people were on his mind all the time, even in the final ballots of the 2013 Conclave that elected the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy. To his Argentinean friend, seated at his side, when he had reached the number of votes needed to be elected, Hummes whispered in his ear: 'Don't forget the poor'. From that intuition sprang another intuition of the newly elected Pope, regarding the choice of a papal name.

In this Church, which he desired to be poor and always 'outgoing', the Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo hoped that the voice of the Amazonian populations, plagued by deforestation, predatory projects, and diseases of the land and people, as well as pastoral problems, would resonate loudly.

In recent times, particularly since 2020 , he insisted on the 'application' of the Synod's suggestions."The Synod is the high point that lights the way.

 

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