L'Eglise Aristotelicienne Romaine The Roman and Aristotelic Church

[Sixtus]

The time has come to review the current state of our congregations, so that we may see what needs to be improved or changed.
Each Congregation will have to submit a detailed report of what has been done, what is being done and what still needs to be done. Difficulties, problems or other needs should be reported as well.
The chancellors, except for the Holy Office which falls unto cardinal Neirin as prefect general, will have ten days from now to submit their reports.
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Eskerrik asko Iñési sinaduragatik

[Kalixtus]

Report of the Congregation for the Dissemination of the Faith.


The general functionality of the Congregation is guaranteed even in times of crisis. The fundamental reform by His Holiness is still pending, we are happy to work on a common concept, which does not differ much in content but could probably offer some structural facilitation.

The main problem, as everywhere, is staffing. It is difficult to maintain the high demands I have on the congregation and on myself with enough staff. Nevertheless, we do not want to cut back on the quality of our work. In general, the merging and closing of forum sections has made the work much more routine. The prefects work harmoniously with the Congregation leadership.

The Congregation for the Dissemination of the Faith is dependent, especially on the sister congregation CSO. Unfortunately, the activity status is rather modest. Also, a connection to the Nunciature and the New Apostolate will be helpful for future projects. The latter works closely with the university.

Overall, appropriate projects are in the pipeline and major reviews. Other projects, such as the Brotherhood of Exorcists, need specific cooperation with the CSO. There is already contact with Eminence Neirin on this.

Here is a more detailed look at the individual prefectures:


Prefecture for translations of the Villa St. Loyats
The villa is struggling with the problem of the library. Unfortunately, we are only making slow progress here; like everywhere else, there is a lack of active staff. We are making progress with the translation into German. This area will be fully completed in CIC and Dogma this year, following France and Portugal. England, Italy and Spain will then fill in the gaps. However, the core elements are present in all languages.

The main problem remains motivation, time and staffing, as well as active cooperation with the library.

Prefecture for Aristotelian Teachings and Educational Institutions
The heart of the Congregation is the Aristotelian Teachings. The closure of Fornovo is imminent. The proclamation will be made promptly. The establishment of an Italian seminary at the Pontifical University has already happened. The university is the international centrepiece of the teachings and is becoming increasingly popular with students from all over the world. The courses and lessons will be checked for currency and verified by the CDF for the first time by the end of the year. The last remaining Italian seminar will also be audited this year. A full audit of the French seminars will not be carried out this year, they have already been verified by January. However, each seminary must complete a quarterly audit at the end of the year.

One of the bigger tasks for the seminaries is still the upcoming move to Rome, as requested by His Holiness. More pressure must indeed be exerted on the rectors to complete this process more quickly.

The Roman Regular Chapter
The religious orders are to receive unifying statutes in the future, this thought of His Holiness has not yet been implemented. The prefecture needs an active prefect who will lead an appropriate conference and unify its content. This issue needs to be actively worked on. Hopefully, these omissions will have been resolved by the end of the year, so that we can conclude with this project and correspond with that of the pilgrimages. The Europe-wide network of pilgrimage routes and religious houses would be a successful project for spreading the faith.

Facilitating the requirements for founding a religious order is on the reform agenda.

Prefecture for Pilgrims and Pilgrimages
Here, the future work consists of redefining the pilgrimage routes to cooperate as a network with the existing religious orders. For long pilgrimages, the establishment of pilgrimage churches, hostels under the control of the spiritual orders would be an exciting extension of the network. With the incorporation of France, Spain and Ireland, new places for pilgrimages are emerging, these should be aligned with the Congregation of the New Apostolate and the CSO regarding relics in the near future.
In this prefecture rests a steady potential but also much work in forthcoming updates of the map material.

Prefecture of the Chapel Registry
The chapel registry runs harmoniously and evenly. Applications are processed regularly and promptly. There are no complaints whatsoever. The theological and dogmatic requirements for chapels are the constant basis for decisions. So that, for example, ship chapels and inn chapels have been rejected so far.

Prefecture of the Vatican Museums
The museums are a place of encounter. Due to the tense geopolitical situation, there are unfortunately only few of them. A corresponding conceptualisation of how to better stage these places is in the works and can be done in cooperation with the nunciature, for example, or with the Congregation for the New Apostolate and the papal chancellery in a larger, joint framework.

Exhibitions on iconography would also be interesting, but this would require active cooperation with the CSO. Such an exhibition could also be used for diplomatic contacts and thus serve as a visiting centre for a wider public.

Brotherhood of Exorcists
The Brotherhood of Exorcists always experiences a certain demand for its existence and I wish we could finally take up this topic and implement it. Unfortunately, theological and dogmatic structures have to be created in advance over which the CDF has no influence. Only in cooperation with the CSO and subsequently the Curia can an implementation and clarification of all points of conflict in the past teaching materials and views take place. The role of the soul, the shape of hell, the function and abilities of the creature must be theologically and dogmatically evaluated, updated and adjusted. The question of spirits, mythical creatures and other things that appear in the old doctrinal texts sometimes heretically contradict the dogmatic ideas about soul and bodily substratum.

As soon as these things are updated and adapted, nothing stands in the way of a renewed opening of the brotherhood.

Liturgical calendar
In collaboration with the CSO, the Liturgical Calendar could be developed and published on time and according to the existing structures. Translated into the central core questions and Latin. The corresponding notice can also be found in the public area of the CDF.
In the future, this calendar will also be developed in cooperation with the CSO on the basis of the standardised structures.

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[Gropius]

[Sixtus]

The deadline has almost come and only two congregations have presented their report. Do you need an extension or should we consider this a lack of interest?
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Eskerrik asko Iñési sinaduragatik

[Adonnis]

In my particular case, I would be grateful to His Holiness for an extension of time.

I have already started the draft, but for different reasons I haven't been able to write it yet.

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.....Cardinal-Presbyter of Saint Anthony of the Portuguese / Grand Audiencier of the Holy See / General Inquisitor of Portugal
...............Primate of Portugal / Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga / Bishop of Vila Real / Duke of Monte Real

[Fenice]

Me too. No lack of interest, but I need some more time. Thank you.
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[Fenice]

[pamelita]

[Tymothé de Nivellus]

[Arnarion]

[Adonnis]

[Sixtus]

Now that everyone should be back from the summer break and with the available reports submitted, we will issue the guidelines for each congregation with the priority for the coming future.

The Congregation of the Holy Office: this congregation is once again without leadership, to provide for its restructuring we will once again entrust it to the deanery unless someone else volunteers, the appointment of a prefect general proved to be a complete failure with the appointee failing to do anything at all. The priorities are the following:

• Reviewing all the pending texts, hagiographies and documents that have been presented to the Congregation and present them to the Sacred College for approval if they're deemed valid:
  
• Recruitment of new workers in all the prefectures of the Congregation;
  
• Working on new prioritary hagiographies such as those of exemplary monarchs (e.g. Vonadred for France) and other documents required for the Ecumenical Council (hagiography of the angel Ogma and other doctrinal texts);
  
• Working on the new standardised missal and ritual to provide our clerics with guidelines and examples they will be able to use for their own ceremonies;
  
• Encouraging other works in all the fields of competence of the Congregation.

The Congregation for the Dissemination of the Faith: the Congregation is still waiting for its new canonical structure that will be enacted gradually as soon as other reforms are finished. The priorities are the following:

• Improving the work of the translators and recruiting new ones, too many languages still lack translations of the most basic texts and that is vital for the Church to be really Universal and spread the Faith everywhere;
  
• The educational reform needs to be finalised, the inspections of all the remaining active seminaries should be carried out as soon as possible and the assessments made operational, the Pontifical University needs to be strengthened to cover all linguistic areas and new courses must be redacted and translated, in particular, new ones for ordinary and extraordinary justice;
  
• The rules of all the religious orders must be reviewed, modifications are suggested and the final texts approved by the Curia as for the statutes of the episcopal assemblies; a census of all the members of the said orders must be carried out too, we need to know who is a monk, in what order and where. The new canons will standardise these procedures but the Congregation is granted authority to start immediately.
  
• The Pontifical Library has been attached to the congregation, we expect to see it reorganised as soon as possible, with the indexes of both Dogma and Canon Law being standardised, translated and published for all languages, the vicinity of Villa San Loyats will surely make this easier.

The Apostolic Nunciature (the name does not include Congregation): the congregation suffers from a chronic lack of personnel and has to deal with the deteriorating relations with several realms. The new canonical provisions have yet to be implemented. Priorities:

• Implement the new canonical structure, both for the internal organisation and the external representation;
  
• Improve recruitment of new nuncios and ambassadors, trustworthy nobles should be considered as preferential candidates for the position of ambassador;
  
• Strenghtening ties with friendly realms and establish relations with forgotten realms (e.g. Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Portugal etc), the Congregation for the New Apostolate should be consulted for the latter.
  
• Constantly monitoring the situation in all realms and in particular the policies and the ideas of the rulers of the said realms.

The Congregation of the Holy Inquisition: the Congregation has now a new leadership, although it still suffers from a general lack of personnel where needed. The reform of the Congregation is still underway and will be finished as soon as possible, the canons on the tribunals are already enacted and should be implemented and respected, canons on the internal structure of the Congregation and new judicial procedures will be enacted soon. Priorities:

• Improving recruitment both for inquisitors and archepiscopal prosecutors;
  
• Working on the reopening of as many archepiscopal tribunals as possible, but only if they are able to work properly (have both an archbishop and an archepiscopal prosecutor) and handle all matters of their competence;
  
• Implementing the new structure of the higher tribunals (signature and rota) and recruitment and appointment of all the members needed, sitting members who are inactive should be dismissed and replaced;
  
• Monitoring the situation in the geodogmatic regions with a National tribunal, some of them lack a prefect to preside the tribunal or a national prosecutors.

The Congregation of the Holy Armies: the canonical reform is still underway, most of it has been enacted and should be implemented as quickly as possible. Priorities:

• Assisting our OMR to make sure they are strengthened and able to respond to any threat;
  
• Restructuring the Episcopal Guard according to the new canonical structure, increase recruitment and ensure it is able to perform its duties;
  
• Ensuring that each linguistic region has a single strong OMR, new orders should be established where needed and in particular in Spain, Portugal, Italy and France (the order of the frankish knights is unfortunately too compromised by the war against Eusaias to massively recruit in France and the other French speaking orders have their main seat in the Empire);
  
• Restructuring the Papal Ban to make sure nobles can be easily and quickly called to arms in case of need, a regional levy should be implemented to better organise the nobles and test their capabilities;
  
• Building the Papal Navy with the recruitment and recruitment of captains, sailors and other needed personnel and the construction of ships for combat and transport purposes;
  
• A census of the OMRs should be carried out as soon as possible both to better understand our strengths and weaknesses and to issue patents of nobility to the knights so that their rank can be properly recognised by other realms.

The Pontifical Chancery: the canonical reform is finished for everything except the prologue. There is no current priority, ordinary work as usual.

The Congregation for the New Apostolate: the Congregation is relatively young and needs to strengthen its work in some areas, the new canons are already issued and implemented. Priorities:

• Our presence in Hungary and Croatia should be strengthened and stabilised, the region should be ready to manage itself normally as soon as possible;
  
• Making contact with the Bulgarian Autonomous Church and see if their status can be superseded and their full integration in the Church implemented;
  
• An assessment of our presence in Bohemia should be carried out, their attachment to a neighbouring primacy should be assessed together with the local clergy;
  
• Our presence in Poland needs to be strengthened, the kingdom is the easternmost region we can spread the Faith without conflicts with the ancient faith schism; a strong presence with both the people and the rulers on our side would also be useful in light of the persisting conflicts with the empire.
  
• Scandinavia was considered to have both a primacy and a consistory just a couple years ago, our presence there has terribly waned ever since. New efforts should be made to rebuild our presence and make sure the region is once again in full communion with the Church.
  
• The British Isles are still to be managed directly by the Congregation, a new primatial election is not feasible and bishops should be appointed directly by the chancellor for the coming future. The three kingdoms require each their own approach and person in charge: Scotland has to become our priority and the main stage to spread the Faith from, relations with the authorities, proselitism and recruitment are fundamental, concordats with the crown and the counties should be considered too; Ireland requires a lot of ground work for a people that has been separated by the True Faith for too long, massive proselitism, recruitment and training of new clerics and improving relations with local notables will be a long process; England is a lost cause with our current presence, the clerics on place are uneducated, generally unwilling to spread the Faith, compliant if not submissive with the reformed authorities and hardly able to recruit or proselitise at all; the success of the mission in England will depend on those in Scotland and Ireland to set a good example and encourage new clerics to be recruited and educated properly to carry out the groundwork and replace the weeds in our vineyard.

The Pontifical Colleges: the congregation is currently well managed, its work is commendable although some improvements are needed. No priorities other than the ordinary work and what is already being done.

The Apostolic Chamber: the Congregation is young and still lacking final canons, our initial apostolic briefs are still in force and we have approved the provisional statutes to implement our guidelines. Priorities:

• Review, record and take control of the money and goods of the Church in all the different regions, a general account with detailed accounts from each region should be presented as soon as possible, the Congregation has full authority to request any data, seize goods and money and manage them according to the apostolic brief and the provisional statutes;
  
• Establish a stable and permanent structure in all the regions we have control of (French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) and start the groundwork to do the same in the others;

That should be all for the time being, if you have comments feel free to say so.
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Eskerrik asko Iñési sinaduragatik

[Adonnis]

Aware!

But why would Portugal need the special collaboration of the New Apostolate for the work of the Nunciature?

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.....Cardinal-Presbyter of Saint Anthony of the Portuguese / Grand Audiencier of the Holy See / General Inquisitor of Portugal
...............Primate of Portugal / Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga / Bishop of Vila Real / Duke of Monte Real

[Tymothé de Nivellus]

Thank you for this return, Most Holy Father.
We will do everything within the Apostolic Chamber to bring you a complete assessment of the regions which have responded favorably.

A translation request has been sent so that the provisional statutes are understood and applied by all.
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Père Tymothé de Nivellus | Cardinal-Evêque de Saint Trufaldini à la Porte Latine | Camerlingue de Rome et Chancelier de la Chambre Apostolique | Archevêque SC d'Avignon et Archevêque d'Embrun
"La puissance de Dieu donne toute sa mesure dans la faiblesse"
Cabinet du Cardinal

[pamelita]

Welcome back Holy Father... I think the time has come to get down to some serious work.
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