{"id":2697,"date":"2025-03-03T08:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T08:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:34:39","slug":"jubilee-in-the-world-mons-munera-a-synodal-missionary-and-merciful-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/jubilee-in-the-world-mons-munera-a-synodal-missionary-and-merciful-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee in the World. Mons. M\u00fanera: a synodal, missionary, and merciful Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera2.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mons. Francisco M\u00fanera at the IMC General House in Rome. Photo: Jaime C. Patias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>To obtain guidance for strengthening the pastoral mission of the Church in Colombia, bishops Mons. Francisco M\u00fanera Correa, Mons. Gabriel \u00c1ngel Villa Vahos, and Mons. Germ\u00e1n Medina Acosta\u2014respectively President, Vice President, and Secretary of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (CEC)\u2014visited Rome from February 18 to 24.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Jaime C. Patias *<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During their stay at the Vatican, the bishops held meetings with various dicasteries and bodies of the Roman Curia. An audience with Pope Francis was also scheduled but was not possible due to the Holy Father&#8217;s health conditions; he has been hospitalized at the Policlinico Gemelli since February 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with the Communication Office, Mons. Francisco M\u00fanera, IMC, Archbishop of Cartagena, stated: &#8220;The Church walking in Colombia is a synodal, missionary, and merciful Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giubileo nel Mondo. Mons. Francisco M\u00fanera: una Chiesa sinodale, missionaria e misericordiosa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8w99d_flkuw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He further emphasized: &#8220;We want to be a Church that brings and sows hope, that is not discouraged by pessimistic voices leading us to despair. We aim to be a Church that generates concrete signs of mercy, especially for those in poverty and need, as Pope Francis reminds us in this Jubilee year. We desire to be a missionary Church, a Church that goes out, as proposed by the Centennial Missionary Congress we held in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also the message of Mons. Germ\u00e1n Medina Acosta, Bishop of Engativ\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Desde el Vaticano, Obispos Colombianos convocan oraci\u00f3n por el Papa Francisco\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KLzZJW2zzm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Holy Year, Mons. M\u00fanera continued, &#8220;in Colombia, we walk as pilgrims of hope, as men and women who embark on a journey, stepping out of themselves to traverse with heart, mind, and feet the roads of the world, the distant frontiers. We are ready to go out to meet others and create spaces of reconciliation, to heal lives and strengthen relationships. We are pilgrims of hope who bring God&#8217;s goodness and mercy to all those in greatest need, as the Pope reminds us: the sick, the elderly, migrants, youth, and those in need of a word of encouragement and hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera4-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera4-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera4-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera4-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that the Jubilee is &#8220;an opportunity to receive the plenary indulgence and forgiveness of sins through God&#8217;s mercy and to establish new relationships with brothers and sisters, and with all of creation.&#8221; Being reconciled men and women to bring hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colombian Bishops with Father James Lengarin, IMC, Superior General in Rome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the Consolata Family, he added: &#8220;Once again, we thank God for this immense gift of the canonization of our holy Founder. It is a gift the Church has given us and, at the same time, a commitment for all of us to follow the footsteps our Father left us: to walk towards holiness and serve the Church in all its missionary dimension.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera3-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera3-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera3-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera3-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250226Munera3.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded: &#8220;Let us set out to serve in the mission ad gentes, wherever we are; we have a universal and missionary heart. Let us feel this great passion that St. Joseph Allamano gives us from the Sanctuary of the Consolata: Eucharistic love, love for Mary, and passion for the mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fonte\">* Father Jaime C. Patias, IMC, Communication Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mons. 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