{"id":54692,"date":"2025-08-30T01:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54692"},"modified":"2025-08-30T01:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:19:58","slug":"pope-appoints-pizzaballa-and-mathieu-to-vaticans-interreligious-dialogue-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-appoints-pizzaballa-and-mathieu-to-vaticans-interreligious-dialogue-office\/","title":{"rendered":"El Papa nombra a Pizzaballa y Mathieu para la oficina de di\u00e1logo interreligioso del Vaticano"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran (left), and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. \/ Credit: Daniel Iba\u00f1ez\/CNA<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

Aqu\u00ed tienes un resumen de las noticias cat\u00f3licas mundiales de la \u00faltima semana que quiz\u00e1s te hayas perdido:<\/p>\n

El Papa nombra a Pizzaballa y Mathieu para la oficina de di\u00e1logo interreligioso del Vaticano<\/h2>\n

Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran, to the Vatican\u2019s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, seg\u00fan ACI MENA, socio de noticias en \u00e1rabe de CNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their appointment comes amid a broad reshuffle that also brought in cardinals from Japan and Canada as well as bishops and experts with experience in fostering relations among faiths. The two newly named members are already active in Vatican circles: Pizzaballa also serves in the Eastern Churches and Christian unity offices, while Mathieu is part of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.<\/p>\n

Pope Leo turns attention to St. Augustine\u2019s Algerian roots<\/h2>\n

In a personal reflection on his Augustinian roots, Pope Leo XIV this week expressed his heartfelt desire to visit Algeria, homeland of St. Augustine of Hippo, whose writings profoundly shaped Christian thought, inform\u00f3 ACI Mena<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Augustine as a spiritual father, the pope shone a spotlight on the saint\u2019s birthplace in Tagaste (modern-day Souk Ahras) and the historic church that bears his name in the coastal city of Annaba.<\/p>\n

The Church of St. Augustine, completed in the early 20th century on a hill overlooking the ruins of ancient Hippo, remains a symbol of North Africa\u2019s rich Christian heritage. Recently restored with the help of the Algerian government and international partners, the church combines diverse architectural styles and houses a monastery, school, and library.<\/p>\n

Palestinian churches urge global action against Israeli violations<\/h2>\n

Christian leaders in Palestine issued a strong call this week for churches worldwide to speak out against what they described as systematic violations by Israeli authorities against Palestinians, particularly Christians, inform\u00f3 ACI Mena<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They lamented in a statement the increasing attacks on Christian clergy and property, citing incidents such as vandalism, harassment, and denial of worship permits during Easter. The statement also drew attention to recent strikes on sacred sites in Gaza and threats to church assets in Jerusalem over disputed tax claims. \u201cWhat Christians here are facing is no longer an exception but a growing pattern of targeted oppression,\u201d the committee warned, calling on global churches to exercise moral leadership and uphold human dignity.<\/p>\n

Parish in DRC closed after tabernacle desecrated, hosts burned <\/h2>\n

St. Francis of Assisi Luano Parish in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been closed down after a June 30 incident in which vandals broke into the building, desecrated the altar, and set all of the consecrated hosts on fire, according to a report by ACI Africa<\/a>, CNA\u2019s news partner in Africa.<\/p>\n

The vandals also \u201cemptied the cupboard, taking liturgical vestments, the altar cross, the processional cross, the altar cloth, the mixer, drums, microphones, [and] liturgical books,\u201d according to Father Emmanuel Mumba, vicar general of the Congolese Metropolitan See. \u201cPrayer can no longer be organized in an environment or in a church that has been desecrated. It is the archbishop, who must come to celebrate the Mass here, in order to open the church for worship,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Togo bishops condemn police brutality after 7 killed in protest against government <\/h2>\n

The Episcopal Conference of Togo (CET) issued a condemnation of police brutality after seven people were killed during a protest against the country\u2019s President Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 following constitutional changes that could extend his rule indefinitely. <\/p>\n

\u201cHaving followed with deep concern, distress, and sadness the painful events that marked the days of June 26, 27, and 28, in light of acts of unprecedented gravity, we strongly condemn these unacceptable and intolerable acts of violence, regardless of their origin, perpetrators, or justification,\u201d they said in the statement shared with ACI Africa on July 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Head of Swiss abbey resigns in connection with abuse report<\/h2>\n

Abbot Jean C\u00e9sar Scarcella, CRA, has resigned as abbot of the territorial abbey of Saint-Maurice in Switzerland in connection with an abuse report, seg\u00fan CNA Deutsch<\/a>, CNA\u2019s German-language news partner. The Holy See confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation.<\/p>\n

Scarcella\u2019s resignation came after the publication of a sexual abuse report that documented at least 67 cases of sexualized violence in the period from 1960 to 2024. Scarcella had previously resigned temporarily in November 2023 after sexual harassment allegations were made against him, but the Vatican never found any proof of misconduct.<\/p>\n

German Catholics protest against \u2018child protection congress\u2019 <\/h2>\n

Approximately 900 people demonstrated in Hanover, Germany, against a \u201cchild protection congress\u201d of the AfD (Alternative for Germany) party in the Lower Saxony state Parliament \u2014 including representatives of the Catholic Church, seg\u00fan CNA Deutsch<\/a>. At the event, the right-wing AfD party called for the protection of children from \u201cearly sexualization\u201d and from unilateral \u201cgender propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHanover is colorful, diverse, democratic, and open. We want to preserve this for our children. We do not allow so-called \u2018concerned citizens\u2019 to pursue their right-wing extremist goals under the guise of the alleged care for our children,\u201d the Catholic Church in Hanover said in a declaraci\u00f3n<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran (left), and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. \/ Credit: Daniel Iba\u00f1ez\/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). Here\u2019s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican\u2019s interreligious dialogue [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":62250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-54692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pope-appoints-Pizzaballa-and-Mathieu-to-Vaticans-interreligious-dialogue-office.webp?fit=670%2C447&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36391,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/who-are-the-middle-eastern-cardinals-participating-in-the-conclave\/","url_meta":{"origin":54692,"position":0},"title":"Who are the Middle Eastern cardinals participating in the conclave?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mayo 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] From left to right: Cardinal Louis Sako (Iraq), Cardinal Mario Zenari (Syria), Cardinal Dominique Mathieu (Iran), Cardinal Louis Sako (Iraq), Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Jerusalem), and Cardinal Crist\u00c3\u00b3bal L\u00c3\u00b3pez Romero (Morocco). \/ Credits: Romy Haber\/ACI MENA ACI MENA, May 8, 2025 \/ 10:50 am (CNA). 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