・シノドス第3週:まだ話されていないテーマは・・麻薬と迫害 

(2018.10.16 Vatican News Russell Pollitt, SJ)

  「若者シノドス」第3週の16日の記者会見で、出席した司教たちが、今回の会議でまだ話されていない二つのテーマ-麻薬と迫害-について言及した。

 会見の初めに、教皇庁広報部門のパオロ・ルッフィーニ長官が、事前に参加者に示した討議要綱の第2部「信仰と召命の識別」についての討議が完了したとし、具体的に、移民、自由、性的道徳、この世の悪の不可解さ、正義、そして人間の尊厳のための戦い、などが主要テーマとなったことを明らかにした。また若者たちが偽善を好まないことが明確になリ、世界の異なる地域の教会の人々が集まって、特に若者たちが様々な情報を分かち合い、異なった環境を学んだことや、小教区の構造が変わることで、若者たちに居心地の良い教会になる、というような提案もあったこと、なども説明した。

*麻薬が多くの人々、家族にもたらす深刻な悲劇

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Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., of Brazil, says that the Synod has spoken about many things but not addressed the issue of drugs sufficiently. This issue, in Brazil, affects many people and families. He said that although the comparison was poor because population numbers are so different, it is interesting to note that in Brazil more people are killed by drugs than by the war in Syria. He said that young people are tragic victims of the drug trade.

The Archbishop said that sectors in society want to liberalise some kinds of drugs. This, he said, is like promoting addiction and yet the state and society are not committed to helping young addicts. He said that many young addicts suffer and find it very difficult to turn back.

He said that the Church does extraordinary work and tries to create opportunities to help young people turn back. He urged that the Synod not forget the cruel reality of drugs. He said that drug dealers bring death and that it is hard to find a family that doesn’t face this problem. There is a massacre in the suburbs of the larger cities in Brazil every weekend that cries out for justice, the Archbishop said.

*迫害受ける若い信徒の記述が、討議要綱にない

His Beatitude His Eminence Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, head of the Synod of the Chaldean, Iraq, said that in the Instrumentum Laborismany issues are named. He laments that there is no mention of young persecuted Christians.

Addressing the question of aid to the persecuted Christians, the Cardinal said that there have been many promises but nothing has materialised. He says that the international community must help Christians stay where they are, help create work, repairs their homes and give them hope. He says that allowing countries, like Iraq, to empty is a mortal sin. If Christians continue to leave he says that they would have lost their identity and heritage. He said that Hungary has made a significant contribution to help Christians in Iraq and Syria to rebuild their homes, schools and churches.

He said that bishops and priests have great responsibilities to listen to the dreams, hopes and fears of all young people.

Cardinal Sako said that young people are afraid of commitment, to both priesthood and religious life, as well as marriage. They are afraid that commitments will fail, he said.

*学校、教則本としてのシノドスの役割

Cardinal Sako said that the Synod was like a school in which everyone learns from each other. He said that the Synod is seeking a language that speaks to youth, Often, he noted, the Church uses traditional language but a new one is needed that is relevant to youth. The Cardinal also expressed the concern that there were too few young people at the Synod, he said that he had hoped for more to be present.

The Cardinal also said that it was not the final document that was important. What is important is the spirit and hope that the Synod offers young people.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, used the image of a “manual” to describe the work of the Synod. The Synod is like a gathering in which young people, with the bishops, are composing manuals for life. He said that as young people write the manual they are guided by values like those from Catholic Social Teaching. These principles, he said, will help give them a basic orientation for their lives.

(翻訳編集「カトあい」南條俊二)
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