Former archbishop of paraiba

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The former archbishop of Paraiba, Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, has died of covid-19 at age 70. In early April, Pagotto was admitted to a hospital in the city of Fortaleza with pneumonia.

Aldo di Cillo Pagotto died of covid-19 at the age of 70, Brazilian media reported Thursday evening (local time).

Pagotto was ordained a bishop on 1. April admitted to hospital in city of Fortaleza with pneumonia. He died there already on Tuesday. His body was temporarily buried in Fortaleza; it will later be transferred to Joao Pessoa, the episcopal see of Paraiba.

Pagotto had been battling cancer since 2017

A native of Brazil's largest state, Sao Paulo, Pagotto served as bishop of Sobral in the state of Ceara from 1998 to 2004 before being named archbishop of the diocese of Paraiba. In 2016, he resigned. Since 2017, he has battled multiple bouts with cancer. He belonged to the Order of Eucharistic Fathers, also called the Congregation of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Several allegations against the bishop fall into his term of office. He is said to have covered up for clergymen who were under investigation for sexual abuse of minors. Pagotto himself was also accused of having relations with minors.

Pagotto submitted resignation

Shortly before his resignation, the pope had decreed that bishops could lose their posts if they were guilty of a serious breach of due diligence in tackling sexual abuse of minors. Pagotto was the second bishop to resign after the decree was published.

He took legal action against the accusations. Although they were archived in 2017 because the cases were time-barred. However, the Diocese of Paraiba was ordered to pay 2.1 million euros in late 2018 in connection with abuse allegations.

Mixed balance sheet with future prospects

Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby (r.) © Maurizio Brambatti

Pope Francis and the Anglican Primate of England, Justin Welby, celebrated a service together in Rome. In doing so, they commemorated the beginning of official dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans 50 years ago.

Evening Prayer was held at the church of St. Andrew and St. Gregory on Monte Celio. The celebration was attended by 36 Catholic and Anglican bishops from 19 countries, according to Vatican sources.

Mixed balance of the dialogue

At the end of the evening prayer, Francis and Welby signed a statement. In it, they give a mixed review of the dialogue so far, but express hope for further progress. In the past 50 years, he said, "great progress" has been made in relations between the two churches. Especially with regard to the ordination of women and the attitude toward homosexuality, however, there was new disagreement. The question of how authority is exercised in the church also remains contentious. However, he said these differences should not lead to a reduction in ecumenical engagement.

Call for cooperation in everyday life

In his homily, the pope called on both churches to cooperate in everyday life. Catholics must always ask themselves if an activity could not be tackled together with the "Anglican brothers", he said. Welby said that if Christians fought among themselves and did not share mercy and forgiveness, the church would become a "circus for gladiatorial combat". Christian unity emerges through works of mercy, she said. This Thursday, the Archbishop of Canterbury will meet with the Pope for talks at the Vatican.

The beginning of the official dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans is marked by the meeting of Anglican Primate Arthur Michael Ramsey with Pope Paul VI. on 23. March 1966 at the Vatican. At the time, they agreed to establish a mixed international commission that has since met regularly to reach agreement on contentious ies.

The monastery of Saint Andrew and Saint Gregory on the Roman hill of Celio was the home of the Benedictine monk Augustine, whom Pope Gregory I. 596 and – after a first failure – again 597 to the mission of the Anglo-Saxons to the south of England sent out. Augustine later became the first bishop of Canterbury.

Third meeting between Francis and Welby

It is the third Roman meeting of the current Primate Welby with Francis, after June 2013 and June 2014. Most recently, the church leaders met at the World Meeting of Religions for Peace in Assisi in mid-September.

Between 1397 and 1960, there were no visits between the Pope and the Primate of England for centuries. In the course of the Reformation, King Henry VIII separated from the Church. of Rome and declared himself head of an Anglican state church in 1534.

Only since the ecumenical thaw of the 1960s has an increasingly trusting dialogue developed.

On Wednesday begins in Osnabruck the 97th Katholikentag. German Catholic Day. Slogans like "Hengsbach, we are coming, we are the left-wing pious" are not to be expected then. You could hear them 40 years ago – at what was probably the most rebellious Catholic Day in history in 1968.

Older ones still occasionally tell about it, wistfully or smilingly. "Hengsbach, we are coming, we are the left-wing pious," chanted "critical Catholics" on the evening of the 4th of March. September 1968. Already at the opening rally of the Essen Catholic Day 40 years ago, it was clear that it would be lively. The host local bishop Franz Hengsbach reacted to the shouts in the Grugahalle: "If you are not only left-wing, but really devout, you are really very welcome."In the turbulent year of 1968, the lay meeting turned into a unique moment. "Essen was different", summed up the presidium of the 82.German Catholic Day in the 660-page documentation volume. And the journalist Hajo Goertz drew the conclusion in 2006 in a short summary of all meetings: "1968 Essen – in the history of the Katholikentage the most turbulent year." The newspapers of September'68 reflect that."Catholic Day of Rebellion," headlined the "Welt" at the conclusion. The "Rheinische Post" spoke of the "1. Protestant Catholic Day". The "Frankfurter Rundschau" saw "The successful rehearsal of disobedience", the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" "Rougher fronts in Catholicism". Exciting summer Just two weeks before the Essen Days, Warsaw Pact troops marched into Czechoslovakia. The summer of 1968 was also full of tension in ecclesiastical terms: the high spirits of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) were followed by the encyclical "Humanae vitae," with which Pope Paul VI. de facto banned the pill, and – just in time before Essen – the distanced response of the German bishops, the "Konigstein Declaration". The student protests had also affected university theology. Thus belongs to the biography of Joseph Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI. – the shock experience that his lecture in Tubingen was blown up. At the preparatory meeting of the "grassroots" of Essen, the political police also listened in."in the midst of this world" was the motto of the days of the 4. to 8.September 1968. The participants were not only concerned with sexual morality and democracy in the church – with banners such as "sinful instead of mature", "obedient and neurotic" or "everyone talks about the pill – we take it". They also vigorously debated ies of family policy, the relationship of the church to the state, the role of the Bundeswehr and military chaplaincy, global justice, the state of the world of work, education and democracy. Occasionally, young people would take their places at the microphones on the podium.Essen also offered other new things. Protestant guests received the loudest applause. The meeting gave impulses for the ecumenical discussion of the laity, it also ensured that henceforth Catholics and Jews also talked to each other at Catholic Days.Bishops mingled with the people, with Julius Dopfner, the chairman, leading the way. As an innovation, there was a Catholic Day newspaper "K'68 – Aktuell" (circulation at the end 200 copies), which was successfully offered for sale on the street.000), and because the "critical Catholics" countered, there were two. For the first time ever, there was a panel on the role of Catholic Christians in the trade unions.

"These days have brought the confrontation we sought" "This Katholikentag should open us German Catholics to the worries and needs of this world," said Katholikentag President Bernhard Vogel at the conclusion before 100.000 listeners. "These days have brought the desired confrontation. Openly and honestly, often harshly and relentlessly, passionately and sometimes carried away by the vehemence of arguments presented, we worked together."Among Germany's Catholics, there was "not a deceptive silence, not a weary disengagement from the world, not a lazy perseverance, but alertness, a new beginning and an energetic will" to work for peace, with people and with the church.A "national council" had been demanded by thousands of Essen participants in resolutions. In 1970, the Wurzburg Synod of the dioceses in the Federal Republic began its. Already in 1969, the basic church and solidarity groups had joined together. Last week they squatted together in Heppenheim for the annual meeting – at that time mostly "critical Catholics", today between retirement and unretirement. They paved the way for the groups "Initiative Churches from Below" and "We are Church", which came into being much later.On Wednesday, the 97th National Council begins in Osnabruck. German Catholic Day under the motto "You lead us out into the wide open.". Oh yes, actually the meeting was supposed to take place in Essen. The Ruhr bishopric withdrew in planning. For financial reasons.

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