Cardinal-elect Czerny: new
mission, new service, great honour
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| Fr.Michael Czerny, SJ. |
Among the 13 new cardinals that Pope Francis announced on
Sunday, 1 September, is Jesuit priest Father Michael Czerny, the
Under-Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Vatican Dicastery
for Promoting Integral Human Development. He will be made cardinal on 5
October.
By Robin Gomes
Fr. Michael Czerny SJ was totally surprised by the Pope’s
announcement, nominating him one of the 13 new cardinals.
“I thank God and I thank Pope Francis for this new mission,
this new service, this great honour,” was how the Czech-born Canadian priest
greeted the Pope’s announcement.
At that time, the 76-year old priest was not in Rome but far
away in Brazil, at the Florestan Fernandes National School at Guararema near
Sao Paulo, a school of the landless workers’ movement.
Speaking to Giada Aquilino of Vatican News, he said that
representatives of the Latin American popular movements holding a 2-day meeting
at the school to prepare their contribution to the Synod of Bishops on the
Amazon scheduled for next month in the Vatican.
“I thank God for His providence and for his infinite mercy
and His infinite mercy, and I thank everyone for their prayer and support,” Fr.
Czerny said.
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