Archbishop broglio biography meaning

ARLINGTON, VA –– Today, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, joined Pope Francis and fellow bishops worldwide in consecrating Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. At the exact hour the Bishop of Rome prayed over the warring Nations in a penitential celebration at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican—5:00 p.m. in Rome and noon on the U.S. East Coast—Archbishop Broglio repeated the same prayer in the Memorial Chapel at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, VA. More than 70 U.S. Military-affiliated Catholics and others participated in the Holy Mass and consecration.

Preaching the homily before the consecration, His Excellency drew on the first reading, Is 7:10-14; 8:10, wherein Isaiah proclaimed, “…. the virgin shall be with child, and…. name him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us!’.” Archbishop Broglio preached in part:

“Isaiah’s ministry takes place at a difficult moment in salvation history. The people are beginning to experience the exile in Babylon. They are uncertain and depressed. Their limited vision only allows them to see a bleak future. The prophet teaches about the attractiveness of divine truth, which, when embraced, gives the necessary courage to take the steep path.  They can live the hope that transforms and sustains their life

“It is so important today to know how to perceive this type of motivation. Our era is not easy.  We still labor under the effects of the pandemic, the economy is uncertain, many still suffer and tyrants make us all reflect. There is war in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, uncertainties in our cities, and other worries on all sides. We are concerned that the poor, especially the immigrants will suffer more or anew the indignity of poverty and deportation. In the mid

Archbishop Timothy Broglio was elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops last Tuesday, during the bishops\u2019 fall plenary assembly. Immediately after his election, the archbishop faced questions about his time working in Rome as priest secretary to former Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano.

Sodano, who was secretary of state for nearly 15 years, shielded senior churchmen from accusations of sexual abuse and stymied investigations into their conduct. Broglio addressed those questions in his first post-election press conference, but he is likely to face more questions as his term gets underway.

But Broglio is not the only bishop elected last week in Baltimore who spent time working for a controversial cardinal, nor is he the most senior serving American prelate to have done so.

And while there is legitimate interest in what the archbishop knew or saw during his time working for Sodano, Broglio seems to be facing a unique level of scrutiny as he begins his presidency.

Does the reaction to Broglio\u2019s election represent a new era of heightened accountability for bishops with links to past scandals? Or is the scrutiny political \u2014 a kind of selectively applied \u201Cguilt by association,\u201D leveraged over theological or ideological differences?

That scrutiny is worth examining.

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Well before Timothy Broglio was the president of the USCCB, he was a young Cleveland priest plucked by his bishop from a parish in Euclid, Ohio, to send to the Academia, the Vatican diplomatic training school across the piazza from the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, where the Holy See's ambassadors and embassy staffers are trained.

Broglio was 28 years old when he entered the diplomatic pipeline, and the priest never again saw a parish assignment. Instead, he had the unusual life of a papal diplomat, doing academic and diplomatic training, picking up

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Fourth of July holiday coming up in just three weeks, the nation will once again celebrate its birth and contemplate what it means to be an American. In his keynote speech to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast last week, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, noted that ours is a nation founded on truths, virtues, and principles. The Archbishop observed: “The US was not established, because of a common ethnic or racial origin, or a common language,or those other elements that characterize many other nations of the world.  It is based on certain self-evident truths: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Remembering those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defense of liberty, Archbishop Broglio reflected on some of the virtues required of both good Catholics and good citizens. Here follows the text of Archbishop Broglio’s speech:

Authentic Virtues build up a Nation

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Thank you for this opportunity to speak to all of you.  The prayer breakfast enjoys a long tradition in the Armed Forces of this Nation and it has been my privilege to speak at many of them over the last nine years.  They always represent a moment of shared ecumenical and interfaith prayer.

The Armed Forces have many heroes and I would like to call to mind Father Verbis Lafleur, a priest of Lafayette, Louisiana who was a chaplain to the Army Air Corps in the Second World War.

When the Philippines were about to fall, he had the opportunity to fly out to safety, but elected to remain with his men.  He became their vibrant leader during the harsh captivity.  Like so many chaplains he knew how to lead and at the same time how to frustrate the captors’ designs.

The enemy wanted the prisoners of

At the beginning of my service to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, I am reminded of the important role that the conference can play in facilitating the ministry of every bishop. The theological and juridical nature of a conference was well illustrated by St. John Paul II in “Apostolos Suos”: “The authority of the Episcopal Conference and its field of action are in strict relation to the authority and action of the diocesan Bishop and the Bishops equivalent to them in law. Bishops ‘preside in the place of God over the flock whose shepherds they are, as teachers of doctrine, priests of sacred worship and ministers of government.’ (“Lumen Gentium,” No. 20)”

Consequently, I view the work of the conference in terms of its service to the pastoral ministry of the bishops, successors of the Apostles, in their care of those entrusted to them. Pope Francis has spoken in similar terms. That service takes many forms. It is fitting that my first act as president of the conference was to appoint Archbishop Nelson Pérez of Philadelphia, as chairman of the board of directors of Catholic Relief Services, the outreach of the church in the United States to those outside our borders who are in need. We have been very blessed as a nation, and we must never forget the Gospel imperative, which will also be the terms of our final judgment, to see Christ in those in need.

While every diocese engages in that care, it is fitting that we act in concert to respond to needs in other lands. It has been my privilege to serve almost eight years as a member of the board of directors of C.R.S.

During the prayer of ordination for a bishop in the Latin Church, the Word of God is held open above the head of the ordinand. It is a reminder that he is to be filled with the Gospel and will be its first teacher in his area of responsibility. Together we want to ensure that our teaching is born from the Word of God, that it reaches the women and men of our time in a way that allows them to welco