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Archbishop Salvatore "Rino" Fisichella
In what seems to be an attempt to establish local centres of evangelisation in those areas most affected by secularisation, Archbishop Rino Fischella of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelisation has met with the archbishops of some of the most important European archdioceses. Specifically, they came from archdioceses who themselves “have put into play new evangelization initiatives in European countries where the Catholic faith is going through a season of deep crisis”, the Vatican Insider reports.
Meeting with Archbishop Fisichella and with one another to exchange ideas, plans and experiences, were Péter Cardinal Erdő (Esztergom-Budapest), Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (Dublin), Joachim Cardinal Meisner (Cologne), José Cardinal Policarpo (Lisbon), Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard (Brussels), Archbishop Patrick Kelly (Liverpool), Christoph Cardinal Schönborn (Vienna), Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz (Warsaw), Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia (Turin), Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach (Barcelona) and André Cardinal Vingt-Trois (Paris).
A select company with some striking gaps; there are major European dioceses which are not represented. It may be concluded that these have yet to implement plans and projects for new evangelisation, but perhaps this meeting can be a starting point for them. If the Pontifical Council can collect the plans that exist and use them to take further steps, perhaps on a larger European scale, it may be able to learn from the experiences of those ‘on the ground’, so to speak. A good approach, it seems, which does not disregard what developments have already been made.
Photo credit: REUTERS/Alessandro Bianch
