Knowledgeable of the operation of the conclave and the Vatican rites, the San Juan priest José Manuel “Manolo” FernándezDoctor of Theology, Law and Specialist in Mariological Studies (Marianum), expressed his happiness for the election of the American cardinal Robert Prevost Like the new Pope XIV lion.
“I’m happy because the Pope Know the world to dialogue and, at the same time, it can be a unity factor within the Church. The fact of having chosen a Pope who was born in Chicago, an American man who, logically He has a Peruvian heart because he lived a long time there, before this, he was unthinkable”, He said during an interview in Infobae live.
The priest recalled an interview that made the 71 -year -old Cardinal in August 2022, Robert McElroy-published in The nation-, who was then a bishop of the city of San Diego (California) and three years later was designated Archbishop of Washington by the late Pope Francis. In 2022, Mcelroy was appointed Cardinal – also by the late Holy Father – and integrated the last conclave.
“They asked him: ´Do you think there may be an American Pope? The United States had ten cardinals who could choose, and said: ´No, that is not possible, it should not be possible, I would oppose. “. And Fernández reasoned: “That cardinal voted there, and then?” He left the question floating, and then add: “Mcelroy said that united states has great economic and cultural power, The fact that an American Pope had would also be a concentration of authority. We could say that the cardinal, did not see her”He closed, among the laughter of the panel.
Also referred to how The Church keeps its rites and customs unalterable, Through the yearsas for the conclave and papal announcement, in the face of the passage of technological advances. ”In the days before the election Everyone was aware of a fireplaceduring a time when we talk about artificial intelligence. That is very significant, as the Church retains certain traditions, not to stay over time, but also to mark fundamental milestones”, He reasoned with emphasis.
He also argued that, before the Announcement of Leo XIV as the new head of the Catholic Church “We are in a change of time (where) the changes are linear, disruptive.” And he added: “I, that I am a church man, taught us theology, a principle that says Where the church is there that is “where Pedro is, there is the Church.” AND Not that I can manufacture a church my way, to my liking”.
Father Manolo stressed that during the first message of the Pope “Evil will not prevail” and “You have to build bridges through dialogue and the meeting“ A very conflicting and tormented world”, Said the priest. “Now Leo XIV is very different from the time that Pope Francis touched. There is almost no quadrant of the world, except South America, in which there are no wars. ”
-And he predicted about the papal environment: “I think (the Pope) will be surrounded by people who are in the Church, which for that they studied at the Ecclesiastical Pontifical Academy, where they have received Not only a formation from the academic point of view, but also of political strategy regarding diplomacy. I think that will carry it forward. ”
And he stressed that Prevost “has a great experience, first pastoral, second of government, was prior to the Augustinians worldwide, then worked in the curia, therefore, he knows those three areas that are fundamental in the exercise of the papacy.”
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The full interview with Manolo Fernández, you can find it in this link.
