Pope Francis said this Saturday that the College of Cardinals is designed to resemble a symphony orchestra, where diversity is necessary but must contribute to the overall result.
“Variety is necessary, it is necessary, but each sound must contribute to the overall result. And for this, mutual listening is fundamental, every musician must listen to the others,” said Francisco in the city’s San Pedro Square. Vatican during a consistory to appoint new cardinals, including the Portuguese Americo Aguiar, the future bishop of the Diocese of Setúbal.
Using the image of an orchestra that “represents the symphonic dimension and synodality of the Church” (the theme of the Synodal Assembly, which begins next Wednesday), the leader of the Catholic Church argued that the metaphor “may well shed light on the synodal character of the Church.” Church.”
“The symphony lives by the wise combination of the timbres of the different instruments, each making its contribution, sometimes alone, sometimes in combination with another, sometimes with the whole ensemble,” he said.
The Pope then emphasized that “if anyone [se] If he listened only to himself, no matter how sublime his sound, it would not benefit the symphony,” in addition, “the same thing would happen if the orchestra did not listen to others, but played as if it were alone, as if he were whole.”
As for the orchestra director, “he serves the miracle that is always the performance of a symphony,” so “he must listen more than anyone else.”
According to Francisco, “at the same time, his task is to help each individual and the entire orchestra develop creative fidelity to the maximum, fidelity to the work being performed, but creative, capable of putting soul into this score, making it resonate in a unique way here and now.”
“It is good for us to think about the image of the orchestra so that we can learn better and better how to be a symphonic and synodal church,” he said, suggesting this in particular to members of the College of Cardinals, whom he asked to be “evangelized and non-employee evangelists.”
At the celebration of the appointment of 21 cardinals (18 of whom will be electors in the future conclave), the Pope mentioned the new members of the College of Cardinals, who came from “various parts of the world,” to emphasize that “the same Spirit that fertilized the evangelization of your people will now renew your within you.” vocation and mission in the Church and for the Church.”
This is the ninth consistory to create cardinals for Francis, whose pontificate began in March 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022).
In his pontificate, Francisco has already appointed three more Portuguese cardinals: Manuel Clemente (patriarch emeritus of Lisbon), António Marto (bishop emeritus of the diocese of Leiria Fatima) and Tolentino Mendonça (prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education).
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