Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, conveyed the cordial greetings of Pope Francis to the president of Italy's Liturgical Action Center, Archbishop Claudio Maniago of Catanzaro-Squillace, and to all the participants involved. He said the theme they are discussing - 'Ministries at the Service of a Synodal Church' -"holds particular significance for the Church in the present historical moment.
The study days that have just started have brought together bishops, priests, deacons, religious men and women, and numerous lay people. Cardinal Parolin said,"The Holy Father's hope is that this meeting of experts in the field, which places itself at the service of the pastoral care of the Church in Italy will contribute to the theological-liturgical-pastoral understanding of the ministerial reality, opening perspectives for pastoral discernment by the ecclesial community.
With the motu proprio Spiritus Domini, Pope Francis overcomes the constraint that excluded women from access to the first two ministries, while with the motu proprio Antiquum Ministerium, he gives the Church"the role of the instituted ministry of the Catechist.
Cardinal Parolin concluded the message by assuring all participants in the Conference, which concludes on Thursday, of Pope Francis' prayers and blessing, adding his own hopes for every success with this"important pastoral initiative."
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