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“It is inconceivable to be a pontifical representative and to criticize the pope behind his back, to have a blog or even to unite himself to groups hostile to him, to the [Roman] curia and to the church of Rome,” Pope Francis stated frankly in a text delivered to the some 100 nuncios and Holy See diplomats who represent him in countries on every continent. Aware of the temptations they face in their diplomatic careers, Francis presented them with what he called “a decalogue” or 10 commandments, which he said “are in reality addressed through you also to your collaborators and, indeed, to all the bishops, priests and consecrated persons that you encounter in every part of the world.” The pope has often said that the devil comes in through the wallet, and he advised these clerical diplomats “to be prudent in accepting gifts that are offered to cloud our objectivity and, in some cases sadly, to buy our liberty.” He said, “No gift of whatever value should ever make us slaves.” It was his third meeting with all the nuncios and other papal representatives since his election as pope on March 13, 2013. He met them first in June of that same year and a second time in 2017. “It is inconceivable to be a pontifical representative and to criticize the pope behind his back,” Pope Francis stated frankly in a text delivered to some 100 nuncios and Holy See diplomats. He began the meeting in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall by praying for the repose of the soul of Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, a priest from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the nuncio to Argentina, who had been seriously ill for some time and died yesterday. Then, instead of reading his prepared address, he spent the next 90 minutes answering questions raised by the nuncios in a behind-closed-doors private session. In his written text, which he had distributed to the nuncios, he began by saying that, first and foremost, “the nuncio is to be a man of God,” one who wishes “to follow God in all and for all,” one who “lives for the things of God and not those of the world.” He must be a person “who does not go around or cheat his neighbor” nor “allow himself to gossip or speak badly” about others but “keeps his mind and heart pure, preserving his eyes and ears from the filth of the world” and “does not allow himself to be deceived by worldly values.” Second, he said, being a nuncio or papal representative, “he must not represent himself but the church and in particular the Successor of Peter.” But, Francis said, “he ceases to be ‘a man of the church’ when he begins to treat badly his collaborators, the staff, the sisters and the community of the nunciature.” Rather he is to be a father and a pastor to them. Pope Francis advised these clerical diplomats “to be prudent in accepting gifts that are offered to cloud our objectivity and, in some cases sadly, to buy our liberty.” Earlier this year, the church officials pushed back against reports of poor working conditions at the Vatican’s U.N. mission. An article published in March by Crux, detailed allegations by several former employees of the Holy See’s Mission to the United Nations who accused their former boss, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, of mistreatment and corruption. The archbishop was the permanent observer of the Holy See to the U.N. from 2010 to 2014 and has served as the nuncio to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan since 2016. Pope Francis told the nuncios, “It is bad to see a nuncio who seeks luxury, brandmark clothes and objects, in the midst of people deprived of the necessities [of life].” On the contrary, Francis said, to be “a man of the church” requires “humility” to present the face, the teachings and the positions of the church, “not his own personal convictions,” and demands that he “defend courageously the church before the forces of evil that seek always to discredit, to defame and calumniate her.” Third, the pope said, the nuncio must be “a man of apostolic zeal,” whose task is “to illuminate the world with the light of the Risen One, and to bring Christ to the ends of the earth.” He warned the nuncios against the danger of “falling into timidity, or into the tepidity of political or diplomatic calculations or even ‘the politically correct.’” A fourth trait of the nuncio is that he should be “a man of reconciliation,” “a man of mediation, communion, dialogue.” He should remain “impartial and objective” so that the different parties may find in him “the just arbiter” who seeks sincerely to “to defend and protect only justice and peace.” He must also be “a man of communication” who represents “a superior authority to the benefit of all.” Pope Francis told the nuncios, “It is bad to see a nuncio who seeks luxury, brandmark clothes and objects, in the midst of people deprived of the necessities [of life].” His task is to support the bishops and clergy and “not put himself above” the bishops in the exercise of their powers but to sustain them with fraternal and discreet counsel. Pope Francis said that if a nuncio “closes himself in the nunciature and does not meet people” then he “betrays his mission,” which is to represent the face of the universality and catholicity of the church to people. The fifth task of the nuncio is to be “the man of the pope.” He represents not himself but “the Successor of Peter and acts on his behalf toward the local church and governments.” He cannot be “a hypocrite” but must act as “a go-between, or a bridge of connection between the Vicar of Christ and the person to whom he is sent in a particular area.” Being a nuncio, the pope said, requires “availability, flexibility, humility, impeccable professionalism, ability to communicate and to negotiate” and a readiness to freely move around. He must also study and keep himself up to date, so he knows the thinking of the one he represents and knows the country in which he lives and is able to report on this to the pope. Sixth, the pope said, “the nuncio is [to be] a man of initiative.” He must have the ability to move and adapt to the demands of the moment and “not fall into mental, spiritual or human rigidity.” He should be a man who is “positively curious, full of dynamism and of enterprise.” Above all, he must be a pastor, living in the world but not of the world. “The life of prayer,” the pope said, “is that light which illumines all the rest and all the work of the nuncio and of his mission.” Francis said a seventh important trait of the nuncio is that he be “a man of obedience.” He must remain obedient to the call “to follow Jesus.” The pope reminded them that “obedience to God is not separated from obedience to the church and to the superiors.” He said, “A nuncio who does not live the virtue of obedience is like a traveler who loses his compass and risks failing to reach the goal.” Next, Francis highlighted the eighth “commandment”: The nuncio must “be a man of prayer.” Without a solid prayer life, he said, “the nuncio risks failing to have all the previous requirements. Without prayer we become mere functionaries, always discontented and frustrated.” “The life of prayer,” he said, “is that light which illumines all the rest and all the work of the nuncio and of his mission.” The ninth requisite for the nuncio is to “be a man of active charity.” As he has often said before, the pope underlined that “if we really wish to meet Christ, it is necessary that we touch the wounded body in that of the poor,” which links us to the sacrament of the Eucharist. He insisted that the papal representatives, the nuncios and diplomats, “must interest himself with the problems of peace, of progress and collaboration of peoples” for the welfare of the human family. He said the nuncio “must spend himself in charitable works, especially towards the poor and marginalized.” The 10th commandment of Francis to the nuncios was one that is also central to his own vision of ministry: “The nuncio is [to be] a man of humility.” In this context, the quoted “the litany of humility” from the saintly Cardinal Rafael Merry Del Val (1865-1930). Having delivered his “decalogue” to the nuncios, which resembled the pre-Christmas addresses to the Roman Curia, Francis greeted each of them individually, very many of whom he now knows well. The meeting with Pope Francis was the centerpiece a three-day visit of the nuncios to the Vatican, where they are also meeting with senior officials and among themselves in regional groups. Pope Francis will celebrate Mass for them on Saturday morning and later have lunch with them before they return home to their respective missions. They want him to fail because so many of them are deeply closeted. The Closet is a terrible place from which to govern the Church. Until this elephant in the sacristy is faced with honesty and integrity, the future of the church will remain bleak. Continued duplicity and hypocrisy will stifle any attempt at new beginnings. Frederic Martel has documented this so well in his book "In the Closet of the Vatican" ... why are his revelations not being taken into account? By all means, don't criticize the bishops and the Pope behind their backs. Criticize them openly and to their faces. Its the adult thing to do. The Pope is correct in this manner for a house divided against itself cannot survive. The headline, do not criticize the pope behind is back, is not supported in the 10 rules you report in the body of the document. It seems to be a false headline
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U četvrtak, 13. lipnja 2019. papa Franjo primio je u audijenciju apostolske nuncije iz cijeloga svijeta. Pisani govor koji im je podijelio kompas je za orijentaciju u poslanju i svojevrsni dekalog. Na susretu, koji se održava do subote, 15. lipnja i koji se po Papinoj želji od 2013. godine održava u Vatikanu svake tri godine, sudjeluju 103 papinska predstavnika, od kojih je 98 apostolskih nuncija i 5 stalnih promatrača. Nuncij je pozvan biti Božji čovjek, predstavnik Crkve i Pape, njegovo je poslanje nepomirljivo s kritiziranjem Pape, posjedovanjem bloga i pridruživanjem skupinama koje su protiv Pape i Crkve – napisao je papa Franjo. Nuncij mora braniti Crkvu od sila zla koje je žele oklevetati – napisao je Papa i istaknuo – Pozvan je da ne bude zaveden svjetovnim vrijednostima, da bude pozoran na darove koji predstavljaju opasnost; pozvan je na apostolsku revnost, ne padajući u „političku ispravnost“, pozvan je biti čovjek pomirenja, susretati ljude i ne zatvarati se u nuncijaturu. Njegovo poslanje treba prosvjetljivati svjetlo koje dolazi iz bliskog odnosa s Isusom. Bez molitve postaje se puki službenik, uvijek nezadovoljan i nesretan. Sve to treba mu služiti za naviještanje Radosne vijesti, kako bi obasjavao svijet svjetlom Uskrsloga. Kao čovjek Crkve, nuncij ne predstavlja sebe, nego Crkvu i osobito Petrova nasljednika – napisao je Sveti Otac i napomenuo – No prestaje biti čovjek Crkve kada se počne loše ponašati prema svojim suradnicima. Žalosno je vidjeti neke nuncije koji muče svoje suradnike istim neugodnostima koje su možda podnosili kada su bili suradnici drugim nuncijima. Potrebno je pomoći tajnicima i savjetnicima da se razviju u diplomate i u buduće nuncije. Loše je vidjeti nuncija koji traži luksuz dok ima ljudi koji su lišeni najpotrebnijega. Radi se o protivnom svjedočanstvu, jer čovjeku Crkve najveća je čast biti svima sluga. Biti čovjek Crkve zahtijeva ponizno predstavljati lice, učenje i stavove Crkve – napisao je papa Franjo i objasnio – To znači da treba staviti na stranu svoja osobna uvjerenja i hrabro braniti Crkvu pred snagama zla koje je uvijek pokušavaju diskreditirati, ogovarati i klevetati. Biti čovjek Crkve traži da nuncij bude prijatelj biskupa, svećenika, redovnika i vjernika, u povjerenju i ljudskoj toplini, provodeći svoje poslanje zajedno s njima i imajući uvijek pogled Crkve, to jest biti čovjek koji osjeća da je odgovoran za spasenje svih. Važan je dio nuncijevog poslanja biti čovjek pomirenja i posredovanja, nepristran i objektivan – napisao je Papa i upozorio – Kad bi se zatvorio u nuncijaturu i izbjegavao susretati ljude, izdao bi svoje poslanje, te umjesto da bude čimbenik zajedništva, postao bi prepreka. Nuncij ne predstavlja sebe nego Petrova nasljednika, djeluje u njegovo ime u mjesnim Crkvama i pred vladama zemalja u koje je poslan, simbolično predstavlja Papinu prisutnost među vjernicima, do te mjere da u nekim zemljama nuncijaturu nazivaju „Papinom kućom“. Nuncij ne može biti licemjer jer je most koji spaja Kristovog namjesnika i ljude kojima je poslan – napisao je Sveti Otac i dodao – To je vrlo zahtjevna služba koja zahtijeva fleksibilnost, poniznost, sposobnost komuniciranja i pregovaranja, sklonost za međuljudske odnose, pa i duga putovanja i premještaje, živeći uvijek sa spremnom putnom torbom. Zadatak je nuncija posjetiti zajednice koje Papa ne može. Potom važno je dobro poznavati misao onoga koga predstavlja. Zadaća mu je neprestano izvještavati Papu o različitim prilikama, crkvenim i društveno-političkim promjenama u zemlji u koju je poslan – napisao je papa Franjo i objasnio – Zbog toga je bitno poznavati običaje i jezik te zemlje, držeći vrata nuncijature i svojeg srca uvijek svima otvorena. Nepomirljivo je biti Papin predstavnik i kritizirati ga iza leđa, imati blog i pridružiti se skupinama koje su nenaklonjene prema Papi, Rimskoj kuriji i Katoličkoj Crkvi. Treba biti poduzetan bez pribjegavanja mentalnoj, duhovnoj i ljudskoj pretjeranoj strogosti, pa ni licemjernoj i prevrtljivoj savitljivosti – napisao je Papa i istaknuo – Ne smije se prilagođavati svemu, nego mora biti sposoban kreativno, hrabro, snalažljivo i dinamično raditi za opće dobro, ne dopuštajući da ga pobijedi strah u prilikama koje ne može predvidjeti. Pravim riječima treba znati smiriti ljude kako bi pomogao onima koji mu se obraćaju. Nuncijev način treba biti djelovanje u poslušnosti, slijedeći Isusov primjer. Poslušnost Bogu ne može se odvojiti od poslušnosti Crkvi i poglavarima. Nuncij koji ne živi krepost poslušnosti, pa i onda kada je to teško i suprotno njegovom osobnom viđenju stvari, jest kao putnik koji gubi kompas, riskirajući tako promašiti cilj – napisao je Sveti Otac i napomenuo – Protivno je „svjedočenju“ pozivati druge na poslušnost, a sam biti neposlušan. Bez molitve bi nuncij, pa i svi mi, mogao ne ispuniti sve gore navedene zahtjeve. Bez molitve postajemo puki službenici, uvijek nezadovoljni i nesretni. Život molitve je svjetlo koje osvjetljava sve ostalo i sav nuncijev posao i poslanje. Nuncij je i čovjek djelotvorne ljubavi, koji se zauzima za mir i troši u karitativnim djelima, osobito prema siromašnima, odbačenima, te tako ostvaruje svoje poslanje oca i pastira – napisao je papa Franjo i upozorio – Mora biti mudar kada prihvaća darove kako ne bi prestao biti objektivan i u nekim slučajevima izgubio svoju slobodu. Nikakav dar, bilo kakve vrijednosti, ne smije nas učiniti robovima. Treba odbiti poklone koji su preskupi i često beskorisni ili ih proslijediti Caritasu. Primanje se skupog poklona ne opravdava njegovom upotrebom. Na početku audijencije Papa se u molitvi prisjetio nadbiskupa Léona Kalenga Badikebelea, apostolskog nuncija u Argentini, koji je jučer preminuo. Svoj snažan i izravan govor papinskim predstavnicima Papa je zaključio „Litanijama ljudskosti“ sluge Božjega kardinala Rafaela Merryja del Vala, državnog tajnika i suradnika svetog pape Pija X. Ta je molitva obilježila govor Svetog Oca i potaknula nazočne da Isusa traže kako bi bili slobodni od želja da budu čašćeni i ljubljeni, te od straha da će biti ismijani i vrijeđani. To je molitva koja ukazuje na kršćanski način poniznosti i ljubavi. (kta/rv)