Tag: Enrique Angelelli
Centenary of the birth of Blessed Enrique Angelelli
This month marks the centenary of the birth of martyred Argentinian jocist chaplain, bishop, Vatican II Council father, signatory of the Pact of the Catacombs and the Pietralata Message, pioneer of Argentina’s Theology of the People, and martyr, Enrique Angelelli.
Pepe & Amalia Palacio and Enrique Angelelli: Synodality in action
Today, 11 December 2021, marks the 46th anniversary of the abduction by security forces of José Serapio “Pepe” Palacio, an Argentinian JOC leader, later a trade unionist and leader of the Workers Catholic Action and finally the first lay collaborator of the IYCW.
Pietralata: The forgotten Mass and Message
If the Mass for the Poor and Pact of the (Domitilla) Catacombs have remained largely forgotten until recently – at least outside Latin America, Cardijn’s Worker Mass on 17 November 1965, hasve languished in even greater obscurity.
Enrique Angelelli, first martyr of Vatican II
Pope Francis has promulgated a decree recognising the martyrdom of Bishop Enrique Angelelli and his co-workers, French priest, Gabriel Longueville, Franciscan Fr Carlos de Dios Murias and lay pastoral worker, Wenceslao Pedernera.
The Pontifical Council for the Laity de-recognises the IYCW
Remembering the 40th anniversary of Bishop Angelelli’s death on 4 August 1976, I can’t help but think of another event, another kind of death, that occurred 30 years ago today on 4 August 1986.
Enrique Angelelli and Pepe Palacio
Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of Argentine Bishop Enrique Angelelli of La Rioja diocese, a former JOC and JUC chaplain, who was killed in a staged car accident just nine months after his JOC co-worker, Pepe Palacio, was killed.
The dynamic role of jocist chaplains in Argentina
Theologian Oscar Campana notes the key role in Vatican II reforms played by Catholic Action chaplains in Argentina, many of whom were YCW chaplains.
