EN-RE publishes and supports the appeal to Pope Francis by the Conference of Francophone Baptized Catholics for a Council of God's People:
Francophone Baptized Catholics Conference (CCBF)
76 rue de la Verrerie
Paris 75004
Letter to Pope Francis
31st August 2018,
Subject: Demand for a Council of God’s People
Dear Holy Father,
Following the massive disclosures of a large number of scandals of the Church concerning the sexual abuse of minors by priests, you have addressed a letter to God’s People, in which you condemn clericalism as one of the causes of this evil and you have appealed to the baptized persons to help you resolve the problem. We want to respond to your appeal.
We firmly support all your initiatives and try to implement what you recommend. Previously, the Conference of Baptized Persons (CCBF) had widely circulated and commented your previous documents on the following subjects, Evangelii Gaudium, your address on the last council in 2015 and your Letter to Cardinal Ouellet in 2016, in all of which you already mentioned the ‘mobilization of the Baptized’ in the life of the Church, the need to practice ‘audacity’, the need to ‘turn the pyramid upside down’ and the ‘primacy of the common priesthood of the faithful’.
Today, the credibility of our Church is, not only dented,
EN-RE publica y apoya la petición de la Conferencia de Personas Bautizadas Francófonas (CCBF) para un Concilio del Pueblo de Dios:
Conferencia de Católicos Bautizados Francófonos
76 rue de la Verrerie
Paris 75004
Carta al Papa Francisco
31 de Agosto de 2018,
Asunto: Petición para un Concilio del Pueblo de Dios
Querido Santo Padre,
Ante las revelaciones masivas de un gran número de escándalos en la Iglesia relativas al abuso sexual de menores por parte se sacerdotes, usted ha dirigido una carta al Pueblo de Dios en la cual condena el clericalismo como una de las causas de este mal y ha pedido a las personas bautizadas que ayuden para resolver el problema. Queremos responder a su llamada.
Apoyamos firmemente todas sus iniciativas e intentamos llevar a la práctica lo que nos recomienda. Con anterioridad, la Conferencia de Personas Bautizadas Francófonas (CCBF) ha difundido ampliamnte y comentado sus documentos previos sobre los temas siguientes, Evangelii Gaudium, su discurso sobre el ultimo concilio en 2015 y su Carta al Cardenal Ouellet en 2016, en todos los cuales ya había mencionado la “movilización de los bautizados” en la vida de la Iglesia, la necesidad de tener “audacia”, la necesidad de “invertir la pirámide “ y la “primacía del sacerdocio común de todos los fieles”.
Hoy, la credibilidad de nuestra Iglesia está,
EN-RE publie et appuie le contenu de la lettre de la Conférence catholique des baptisé.e.s francophones au pape François pour un concile du peuple de Dieu
From: Nós Somos Igreja Portugal <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: terça, 4/09/2018 à(s) 21:58
Subject: [NSI-PT 2058] Carta da Conferência dos Batizados (CCBF) aos
bispos da Igreja de França, 28/08/2018
To:
Paris, 28 de Agosto de 2018
Carta aos bispos da Igreja de França
Para evitar o naufrágio: congresso da governação
Numa altura em que se multiplicam as revelações sobre a gestão culposa da crise da pedofilia pela Igreja, em todos os países e a todos os níveis da hierarquia eclesial, é o próprio futuro da instituição que está em causa. A Conferência dos Batizados (CCBF) acredita que a Igreja de França deve iniciar urgentemente uma profunda transformação da sua governação, sob o risco de se ver confrontada com enormes problemas.
Há três ações a lançar:
The Secretariat of the INGO Conference has requested all member groups to upload on our websites this invitation to this one-day event:
On 19 September 2018, to mark the International Day of Democracy, the Directorate General of Democracy and the Conference of INGOs are organising a debate entitled: Democracy & “The People”,
We publish this appeal to the CEF Conférence des évêques (catholiques) de France,
French Bishops Conference/Conferencia Episcopal Francesa
on behalf of the CCBF Conférence catholique des baptisé-e-s francophones,
Conference of French speaking baptized catholics/Conferencia de bautizadxs catolicxs de habla francesa,
which we can repeat in our own countries/que nosotrxs también podemos hacer en nuestros propios países.
You can copy and paste the texto onto an automatic translator/Pueden copiar y pegar a un traductor automático.
On 7th September we have uploaded a Portuguese translation made by EN-RE member group Nos Somos Igreja
THE OLD WEBSITE (europeancatholicpeople.eu)
Following the Rome Conference in March 2018, it was decided to close the old website and transfer the documentation onto our existing website www.en-re.eu. François sent me a Zipfile of the documents on the old website on 19th June 2018 and following my meeting of 8th August 2018 with Inma Calvo, our technical website specialist, I have started to upload these documents onto our existing website in the section Old Website which you can find under Others.
Apart from this general information which will appear on the front page, all other documentation transferred from www.europeancatholicpeople.eu which no longer exists, will be listed under Old Website only.
In this documentation, there are:
- All EURONEWS issues in electronic format,
- All the bulletin issues in electronic format,
- All the other publications of the EN-RE: Declarations, Press Releases, Open Letters, Petitions, Reports, Contributions of the EN-RE to Conferences…
- Some information of interest to the EN-RE.
Click on EN-RE Statement in support of Pope Francis
This link gives access to the modified text of Article 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis's Letter to the Bishops but only in English, Italian and Spanish by clicking on the top right hand corner of the Vatican page. But if you click on the Italian texts you will find the multilingual texts mentioned in EN-RE's Statement
We attach this message of our sister organization We are Church International
Dear Sisters and Brothers of We Are Church International,
The International Circle of RCWP Bishops met by Skype on August 24, 218, and have ratified a statement drafted at that meeting re: the appalling findings of the Pennsylvania, USA Grand Juries that over 1,000 children had been abused by more than 300 priests in 6 dioceses. Moreover, this statement speaks to the worldwide crisis of failure of accountability within the RC hierarchy concerning sex abuse. This document is now being published widely throughout the world. It is in pdf format. We ask that you please consider distributing this document as widely as you can among your membership and your worship and social action communities. Many thanks!
Blessings to all,
Andrea Johnson
On behalf of the International Bishops' Circle of Roman Catholic Womenpriests
Roman Catholic Women Bishops respond to the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Findings
Sesión de verano de la Conferencia de ONGIs: lunes 25 al viernes 29 de junio de 2018
No sé como subir un texto coherente en español porque prácticamente todos los enlaces están únicamente disponibles en inglés y francés. Les recomiendo leer las versiones en inglés o francés.
Lo que he hecho es empezar desde la nota de prensa del 22 de junio de la Conferencia de ONGIs y subir a la web de EN-RE, las versiones en inglés y francés de las órdenes del día de las tres comisiones y de la plenaria de la Conferencia, añadiendo unos comentarios acerca de algunos de los temas en los dos idiomas y que reproduzco aquí.
En la órden del día de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, encuentro muy interesante el informe del Secretario General del Consejo de Europa: El papel de las instituciones y las amenazas a esas instituciones. Ver la página 5/103 para la tabla de contenidos
Tengan en cuenta que el objetivo de los grupos de trabajo de la Conferencia de ONGIs es realizar recomendaciones para su incorporación dentro del marco jurídico del Consejo de Europa. Por consiguiente, se emplea lenguaje jurídico en estos documentos así como en el Informe sobre la Declaración de Copenhagüe que se trata de un convenio adoptado por muchos de los Estados miembros del Consejo de Europa y que se ha incorporado en las leyes de nuestros países.
Una de nuestras tareas como ONGIs es investigar el grado de cumplimentación en nuestros países e informar de ello a la Conferencia de ONGIs.