observers described it as one of the brightest prelates of his generation. Since its establishment in 2002 to the archbishop of Lyon, some even lent him a papabile destiny. And this is not the readers LyonMag , which elected “Lyonnais of 2015″ before Florence Foresti or Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who would have imagined that Cardinal Barbarin was caught a few months later by pedophilia cases in his archdiocese.
Two complaints for now target the primate of the Gauls, accused of not having denounced to justice for sexual assaults on children. Facts that he strongly rejects. “I mean with greater force than never, I never covered any act of pedophilia” , defended Philippe Barbarin at a press conference Tuesday, March 15 . Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, called the archbishop of Lyon to “assume its responsibilities”
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for now, the Vatican timed, considering it “appropriate to await the outcome” of the investigation. “Whatever it may be, having regard to his sense of responsibility, we must show appreciation and respect for the Cardinal Barbarin” , said the spokesman of the Holy See. It is indeed a figure of the Church that is in question.
On many subjects, Cardinal Barbarin, a fan of Tintin and astronomy, beyond the usual divisions. “unclassifiable” , said it Le Figaro , as it is true that his beliefs and friendships do not follow the traditional dividing lines.
in 2012, Manuel Valls was interior minister when the projections of Philippe Barbarin on marriage for all are controversial. During an interview, the archbishop of Lyon says that the “out of society” is that gay marriage could have “amounts of consequences” “Then they will want to make couples with three or four. After one day, perhaps, the prohibition of incest will fall. There will be amazing applications that begin to emerge! “
The thought of the cardinal clarified shortly by a statement from the diocese of Lyon: ” Once “ some major landmarks “ would be exceeded, what answers will be made to these new demands? “, if he asks, noting that ” the “ Polyamory ” or “ to unions more “ become a hot topic.”
“unclassifiable”
the Cardinal Barbarin stance also opposed to abortion, earned him the sympathy of the conservative wing of the Church and some enemies. But confine it to this cause would be reductive, if one believes the managing editor of Life (Le Monde), Jean-Pierre Denis. In an editorial on the “Barbarin case”, the specialist in religions believe even “possible that some want to silence a voice that carries on many social issues, Roma euthanasia.”
a graduate of a Master of philosophy at the Sorbonne and theology at the Catholic Institute of Paris, he was ordained December 17, 1977 for the diocese of Créteil, before becoming a high school chaplain the Val-de-Marne and then, from 1994 to 1998, seminary professor Fianarantsoa in Madagascar. Upon his appointment in 2002 as head of the diocese second of France, after only four years as bishop, ruffling the codes. Upon taking office, during a Mass celebrated by the Primate of Lyon attended by the Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy, he already calls for “intercultural encounters [who] are an enrichment, not a clash of civilizations “.
the dialogue with Muslims and Jews will therefore be one of the fights of the new archbishop, born in Rabat (Morocco) in 1950. Recently, he s ‘was an advocate for persecuted Christians of the East, speaking in particular, in an interview with Cross , to host those forced to flee their country because of conflicts that are raging.
in a portrait published in Le Monde in 2004, the cardinal was described as “the” darling “of Lyon,” Sarko the Church “(. ..), the cardinal that “mind-blowing” and seduces disconcerting suburbs such as uptown “. Twelve years later, the old accusations of victims of pedophile priests in his diocese could well lead the prelate in his fall.
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