New Evangelization to care for shrines
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter motu
proprio on Saturday, in which he transfers general responsibility for
the creation, discipline and administration of Catholic shrines and sanctuaries
throughout the world, to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization.
The new arrangement leaves in place the special laws
granting other authorities specific competence over certain shrines and
sanctuaries – and the pilgrims and pilgrimages associated with them.
The Council for New Evangelization will now be directly
responsible the establishment of international Sanctuaries and the approval of
their respective statutes, as well as for the study and implementation of
measures to promote the evangelizing role of the sacred places in the life of
the Church and of the faithful, to promote an organic pastoral care plan for
shrines and to promote both national and international gatherings aimed at
fostering renewal of pilgrimages to places of worship and works of popular
piety more generally.
In addition, the Council for New Evangelization will be responsible
for promoting training for shrine operators and support for pilgrims, as well
as cultural and artistic enhancement of sanctuaries, “according to the via
pulchritudinis as one of the Church’s particular modes of
evangelization.
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