Dominique Mamberti
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Motto | Eritis mihi testes (You shall be My witnesses)[1] |
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Informal style | Cardinal |
Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (born 7 March 1952) is a French
Early life and education
Dominique Mamberti was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 7 March 1952 and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ajaccio, France, on 20 September 1981.[2] He has academic degrees in civil and canon law. He entered the Holy See's diplomatic service and worked in the apostolic nunciatures in Algeria, Chile and Lebanon, in the Holy See's office at United Nations headquarters in New York City and in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State (Holy See).[3]
Mamberti is considered an expert on Latin America, the United Nations, Africa, the Middle East and Islam.[4]
Archbishop
On 18 May 2002,
Secretary for Relations with States
He was appointed Secretary for Relations with States by
At a meeting in September 2009 between the Kosovan Foreign Minister, Skënder Hyseni, and Mamberti, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Mamberti said that the Holy See was closely following developments in and around Kosovo, and he expressed his willingness to continue and intensify mutual communications.[9] Following a meeting in November 2009 between the Serbian President Boris Tadić and Pope Benedict XVI, Tadić said that the Vatican supported Serbia's integration and membership within the EU and the sovereignty and preservation of its territorial integrity.[10]
In September 2007, Mamberti orchestrated the first official visit between an Arab Head of State, Sudan's President Omar el-Bashir and Pope Benedict. The visit took place at the Pope's Summer residence, Castel Gandolfo. Shortly after this groundbreaking event, the King of Saudi Arabia met the Pope. This marked the beginning of a new period of Catholic-Muslim relations.
In June 2010, Mamberti visited Cuba and spent several days on the island, marking 75 years of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Cuba and participating in a national conference on the church's social teachings. He met with President
Mamberti, addressing the United Nations, in September 2011, called for "courageous decisions" toward the two-state solution for the Holy Land after
At the opening of the UN General Assembly in September 2012, Mamberti said that
In a separate address in early October 2012, Mamberti spoke of the theme of the assembly as the "Adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means." In his French-language address, he lamented a "loss of faith in the value of dialogue, and the temptation to favour 'a priori' one of the sides in regional and national conflicts," saying that this threatens "respect for the juridical mechanisms of the United Nations." Archbishop Mamberti referred specifically to situations in the Middle East, particularly in
On 16 January 2013, Mamberti gave an interview on Vatican Radio about the Catholic Church's autonomy and religious freedom. He defended the right to a conscience clause for Christian employers who refused services to homosexuals. He opposed increasing Secularism.[14][15]
In July 2014 commenting on the
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
On 8 November 2014, Pope Francis appointed Mamberti as Prefect of the
Cardinal
On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make Archbishop Mamberti a
On Monday, 13 April 2015, Cardinal Mamberti was named a member of the Board of the Cardinals and Bishops for the Section for Relations with States of the Vatican
On 4 October 2017 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
See also
- Cardinals created by Pope Francis
References
- ^ Acts1:8
- ^ "Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Pope names foreign minister at ceremony for new secretary of state". Catholicnews.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Vatican confirms relations with Cuba are "cordial and on a healthy course" — MercoPress". En.mercopress.com. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.05.2002" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.02.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 February 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Presidenza della Repubblica". Quirinale.it. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Minister Hyseni asks the Vatican to consider recognition of Kosovo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, 2009-09-25
- ^ Vatican shows support for Serbian EU integration Archived 21 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, B92, 2009-11-14
- ^ "CNS STORY: Vatican calls for 'courageous' decisions on Palestinians". Catholicnews.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "International law must be based on natural law, Vatican official tells UN : News Headlines". Catholic Culture. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Holy See at UN: Negotiation Must Replace Race to Arms". ZENIT. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/30305.php?index=30305&lang=en[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CRS gradually restores services in Haiti amid series of crises". 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Vatican Secretariat of State issues alert to diplomatic corps on plight of Christians in Middle East | News Headlines".
- ^ Edward Pentin, "Cardinal Burke to Malta, Mamberti to Apostolic Signatura", 8 November 2014
- ^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali". NEWS.VA Official Vatican Network. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Web Translator".
External links
- "Mamberti Card. Dominique". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.