The bishopric of Cartagena will work closely with the Catholic University of Murcia to the Congress of Brotherhoods have the collaboration of the Superior Council of brotherhoods and for the Games with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE).
A delegation of the UCAM headed by its president, José Luis Mendoza, who was accompanied by the Vice Chancellor of Religious Affairs of the Catholic University and Episcopal Vicar for Evangelization, José Alberto Canovas, has been this week in Rome, where he presented to the cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, initiatives for the organization of the Third International Congress of brotherhoods in collaboration with the Higher Council of Guilds and the bishopric of Cartagena and the World University Games Catholic in collaboration with the COE .
The first is scheduled to be held in 2017 coinciding with the celebration of the Jubilee Year in Caravaca de la Cruz and the sporting event during 2017/18.
The prefect of the dicastery, which is also responsible for activities related to the field of sport has given approval for the UCAM become permanent headquarters of the World Games in collaboration with the COE, to be attended by educational institutions Catholic higher on five continents in various sports disciplines as well as the organization of this conference to be attended by brothers from around the world.
Cardinal Rylko said that "both projects are of great interest to our congregation. I congratulate the UCAM to promote such initiatives."
In addition, the prefect manifest "the availability of the Pontifical Council for the Laity to collaborate in whatever is necessary for the realization of these projects."
On both news, the bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes, says that "Nandos, first, which is the initiative of the Catholic University, which no doubt is good, and secondly, by the level which will mean that the name of Murcia is in many nations of the world. "
On the conclusion of the Third International Congress of brotherhoods, the chairman of the council of Murcia, Ramon Sanchez Parra says that "it is an honor to return to host this conference as was done in 2007, this is great news for brotherhoods Murcia and for the entire region. "
Sanchez Parra highlights involving brothers from many countries and that the celebration of this event "will generate great wealth for the area, especially for the hospitality industry."
Moreover, it is recalled that the president of the UCAM, José Luis Mendoza has announced these two major events around his trip to Rome where he also presented with the Pontifical Lateran University magazine 'Vergentis' specialized in the field of law canonical and born fruit of the joint professorship between the two institutions, 'Innocent III'.
Source: UCAM