According to the Pope’s document, the Ministry of Integral Human Development of the Holy See has entrusted the Ministry of Tourism and pastoral care to the Ministry of Evangelization. The decision comes into effect from 1 October.
(Vatican News Network)According to the pontifical document which entered into force on 1 October, on 30 September the Minister of the Holy See for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, Cerny, issued a decree announcing the transfer of tourism and pastoral care to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Evangelization. Pope Francis received Card Czerny on September 7 this year and made the above decision in the form of a document.
The Pope’s document recalls first of all that “inspired by the teachings of the Second Vatican Council”, Pope John Paul II issued the Apostolic Charter of the Good Shepherd (Pastor Bonus) on June 28, 1988, establishing the “Commission of the Holy See for Migration and Tourism “; on August 17, 2016, Pope Francis promulgated the encyclical “Humanam progressim”, creating the Ministry for the Promotion of Human Development of the Holy See, the Justice and Peace Commission of the Holy See, the Commission for a Single Heart, the Immigration and Tourism Committee , and the Pastoral Committee of Medical Staff are integrated.
The Pope then wrote that according to the prescriptions of the new Pontifical Charter “Go and preach the Gospel” issued on March 19, 2022, the responsibility for the pastoral care of tourism is entrusted to the newly established “Ministry of Evangelization”.
The Pope’s document was published in the “Osservatore de Rome” and also in the “Gazzetta Pontificia”.
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