Archbishop Carballo: Franciscan charism ...
(Vatican Radio ) When Pope Francis made the first major appointment to the Roman
Curia, that of the Secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Institutes of
Consecrated life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, he chose the Head of a Religious
Order : Father Jose Rodriguez Carballo. This 59 year old Spaniard had in fact been leading the largest group of the Franciscan family, the Order of Friars Minor, since 2003. An order which counts some 15,000 friars in 113 countries the world over.
And on Saturday 18th of May on the eve of Pentecost, in the Spanish Cathedral of Santiago de Campostela, the Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone presided over Father Carballo’s episcopal ordination raising him to the rank of Archbishop. To mark this occasion we bring you the words of Archbishop Carballo as he describes for us the Franciscan charism :
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