PC Adam Zaman, 28, has been remanded in custody over an alleged attack in the City of London.
Tag: metropolitan
bookmark_borderASIA/INDIA – Resignation and appointment of metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal
Vatican City – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal, India, presented by Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.
At the same time he appointed Bishop Alangaram Arokia Sebastin Durairaj, S.V.D., of Khandwa, as metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal, India.
bookmark_borderMetropolitan Police officer charged with rape
from: BBC News PC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, will appear in court later via video link.
bookmark_borderEUROPE/HUNGARY – Russian Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodox and Catholics share the same faith in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist
Budapest – Catholics and Orthodox cannot ordinarily share the sacrament of the Eucharist, because they do not live in full ecclesial communion. But certainly, both Catholics and Orthodox recognize that “in the Eucharistic bread and wine, after their consecration, we have not only the symbolic presence of Christ, but his full and real presence”. With these words, full of potential pastoral implications and for the life of many ecclesial communities around the world, Russian Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, President of the Department for External Ecclesiastical Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, confessed and reaffirmed the shared faith of Catholic and Orthodox Christians in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. This is what he said in his speech on Monday, September 6, during the works of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress that is taking place in Budapest, an ecclesial event that will end on Sunday, September 12, with the celebration of the Eucharistic liturgy presided over by Pope Francis.
Catholics as well as Orthodox – remarked the authoritative exponent of the Russian Orthodox Church – “believe that the bread and wine of the Eucharist is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ”. For Catholics and Orthodox, the Eucharistic celebration “is not only a commemoration of the Last Supper, but also its actualization for every believer who participates in it”, and the celebrant “does not work in the Eucharist on his own behalf. It is in the name of Jesus. Christ himself who utters the words originally pronounced by Christ in his Last Supper. And it is Christ himself who administers the sacrament to those who follow him, not a priest or a bishop”. Referring to the representation of the Eucharist in Orthodox art, Metropolitan Hilarion – it is noted in a statement released by the Patriarchate of Moscow – “particularly dwelt on the traditional iconography of the ‘Communion of the Apostles’, and described it as an eloquent expression of faith in the Eucharist as a force that builds the unity of the Church”.
It should be remembered that Ioannis Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamum , recognized by many as the greatest living Christian theologian, in his Eucharistic theology indicated precisely the Eucharist as the source of the unity of the Church, an effective work of divine grace which alone can recompose full sacramental communion between Churches and ecclesial communities, healing the wounds which throughout history have divided those who bear the name of Christ. In an interview, released to the monthly 30Giorni in the summer of 2005, Metropolitan Ioannis of Pergamum reiterated the axiom formulated by Russian theologian Nicolai Afanassieff, according to whom “where there is the Eucharist, there is the Church”. “This means” Zizioulas commented at the time “that every local Church where the Eucharist is celebrated should be considered as the full and Catholic Church”.
bookmark_borderArchbishop of York: English people feel left behind by metropolitan elites
from: BBC News Many English people are “patronised as backwardly xenophobic”, the Archbishop of York says.
bookmark_borderAFRICA/TANZANIA – Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam
Vatican City – On July 7, 2021, the Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: the Reverend Fr. Stephano Musomba, O.S.A., until now parish priest of the Immaculate Conception parish of Mavurunza in Dar-es-Salaam, assigning him the titular see of Perdices; and the Reverend Henry Mchamungo of the clergy of Dar-es-Salaam, until now formator and professor of canon law at the Segerea Senior Seminary, president of the Interdiocesan Tribunal and secretary of the legal commission of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference, assigning him the titular see of Tanaramusa.
Msgr. Stephano Musomba, O.S.A., was born on 25 September 1969 in the village of Malonji, metropolitan archdiocese of Mbeya. He studied philosophy and theology at the Jordan University College of Morogoro. From 2004 to 2008 he attended the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome, where he obtained a licentiate in patrology.
He entered the Order of Saint Augustine, and completed his novitiate in the San Agustín Convent in Manila, in the Philippines , and gave his religious vows on 25 September 2002. He was ordained a priest on 24 July 2003.
Since priestly ordination he has held the following offices: parish assistant at the Immaculate Conception parish of Mavurunza in Dar-es-Salaam ; formator at the House of Formation of the order, lecture in the Faculty of Theology of the Jordan University in Morogoro and, from 2008, secretary of the Tanzanian delegation of the Order; parish priest of Saint Augustine’s parish in Ternboni in Dar-es-Salaam and lecturer at the Jordan University in Morogoro ; parish assistant at the Immaculate Conception parish in Dar-es-Salaam ; formator at the House of Formation of the Order in Morogoro and, from 2018 to the present, parish priest of the Immaculate Conception parish of Mavurunza in Dar-es-Salaam and prior of the Community of Saint Monica.
Msgr. Henry Mchamungu was born on 8 January 1965 in Legho Kilema in the diocese of Moshi, He studied philosophy at the Ntungamo Major Seminary of Bukoba and theology at Saint Paul’s Senior Seminary in Kipalapala in Tabora . He was ordained a priest on 24 June 1994.
After ordination he first served as secretary general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam and director of the vocations office ; and then formator and professor at Saint Charles Lwanga Senior Seminary of Segerea, Dar-es-Salaam . He obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya and went on to serve as formator and professor of canon law at the Segerea Senior Seminary and judicial vicar of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam . He was awarded a doctorate in canon law from the Katholische Privat-Universität Linz, Austria . From 2011 until now he has served as formator and professor of canon law at the Segerea Senior Seminary, president of the Interdiocesan Tribunal and secretary of the legal commission of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference.
bookmark_borderASIA/INDONESIA – Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Palembang
Vatican City – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Palembang, Indonesia, presented by Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.J.
The Pope has appointed Bishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono of Tanjungkarang as archbishop of the same metropolitan see.
Archbishop-elect Yohanes Harun Yuwono was born on 4 July 1964 in Way Ray – Padang Dermin, in the diocese of Tanjungkarang. He completed his philosophical and theological studies at Saint Petrus Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Pematangsiantar, Sumatra.
He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1992 for the clergy of the diocese of Pangkalpinang.
After ordination he first served as parish vicar in Sungaliat and with responsibility for the parish of Mentok . He then obtained a licentiate in Islamology from the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies – PISAI in Rome , and went on to serve as formator at the Saint Petrus Interdiocesan Major Seminary, lecturer in Islam at the STFT Saint Yohanes Institute of Philosophy and Theology and rector of the preparatory course in Pematangsiantar . He spent a sabbatical year in the Philippines and took a short course at the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila , then served as president of the diocesan Secretariat for Pastoral Care in Pangkalpinang ; and since 2011, rector of the Saint Petrus Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Pematangsiantar and professor of Islam at STFT Saint Yohanes. He was elected bishop of Tanjungkarang on 19 July 2013 and consecrated on the following 10 October.
bookmark_borderVATICAN – Pope Francis delivers the pallium to 34 metropolitan archbishops, 9 from the territories of Propaganda Fide
Vatican City – Before the Eucharistic celebration that he presided in the Vatican Basilica for the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, on Tuesday, June 29, the Holy Father Francis blessed the pallium which was delivered to the new Metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the year.
The Pallium, taken from the Confession of the Apostle Peter, symbol of the bond of communion between the Pope and the See of Rome with the Churches of the whole world, will be imposed by the Papal Representative on each Archbishop during a celebration that will take place in their respective Particular Churches. “This sign of unity with Peter – the Pope said in his homily – recalls the mission of the shepherd who gives his life for the flock. It is in giving his life that the shepherd, himself set free, becomes a means of bringing freedom to his brothers and sisters”.
The Pope delivered the pallium to 34 metropolitan archbishops, 9 of them ordinary from ecclesiastical circumscriptions entrusted to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, in Asia and Africa . As for Asia, 4 archbishops come from India, 1 from Indonesia and 1 from Pakistan: Monsignor Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C, Archbishop of Merauke ; Monsignor Raphy Manialy, Archbishop of Agra ; Monsignor Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad ; Monsignor Sebastian Kallupura, Archbishop of Patna ; Monsignor Victor Lyngdoh, Archbishop of Shillong ; Monsignor Benny Mario Travas, Archbishop of Karachi . As for Africa, the three Metropolitans come from the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa: Monsignor Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Korhogo ; Monsignor Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, Archbishop of Lubumbashi ; Monsignor Mandla Siegfried Jwara, C.M.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban . Among the other metropolitan archbishops we remember Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, SAC, Archbishop of Gdańsk , who from 1990 to 2017 spent long years of service in the Missionary Dicastery, first at the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith and then in the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, of which he was Official, Head of Office and Undersecretary.
In his homily, the Holy Father said: “Two great Apostles of the Gospel and two pillars of the Church: Peter and Paul. Today we celebrate their memory. Let us take a closer look at these two witnesses of faith. At the heart of their story is not their own gifts and abilities; at the centre is the encounter with Christ that changed their lives. They experienced a love that healed them and set them free. They then became apostles and ministers of freedom for others”…”The Church looks at these two giants of faith and sees two Apostles who released the power of the Gospel in the world, only because they were first freed from the encounter with Christ”.
