A few days after assuming as an apostolic administrator of the Diocese of San Rafael (Argentina), Mons. Marcelo Mazzitelli directed a message of closeness and accompaniment to the community, before the reality that he is going through after the sudden resignation of his bishop.
This is Mons. Carlos María Domínguez, whom Pope Francis accepted the resignation last February 13, at first awarded “personal issues.”
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However, after a week, from the Diocese herself reported that the reasons for their resignation were linked to complaints of adults against the prelate for “undue actions.”
In addition, they detailed that “given the severity of the declared facts, an investigation has begun to be mediated by the corresponding canonical actions in accordance with the protocols in force in the Church.”
A few days after knowing this information, the apostolic administrator, Mons. Marcelo Mazzitelli, auxiliary bishop of Mendoza, celebrated the Eucharist in the San Rafael Arcángel cathedral, and He went to the community In these “moments of perplexity” for everything that has been made public, ensuring his hug to pain.
“However, the Lord also asks us to put our life in hope and especially in fidelity to the confident mission that is to witness the kingdom and grow that kingdom,” he said.
“They do not know me, we will have time to meet us,” said Mons. Mazzitelli, while informed the faithful who already met with all the priests and decanats with the purpose of “putting the encounters speed.”
“I will meet the pastorals and all the laity,” he anticipated, while sharing a teaching that a bishop left him when he was a seminarian in the Dioceiss of San Isidro: “He taught us that where the feet are . The Pope, in the midst of his convalescence, also wanted to make grazing present. And I tell you that today my feet are in San Rafael and my entire heart is from San Rafael, of this church, with which I want to pilgrimage, with which I want to help grow in faith, and the one I know will also help me to grow in faith. ”
Finally, citing Blessed Eduardo Pironio, called “The Prophet of Hope,” recalled that they are “difficult moments, complex moments” but requested that these circumstances “do not take away the joy of pilgrimage in hope. Happy in hope! ”He exclaimed.
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.