The “flight” of Mr. Proti (story) or Places allocated to the lay people appointed by the Holy See for the official events of the Catholic Church

Abstract

The object of the protocol is to order persons, documents, symbols, places and moments to achieve its objective: to communicate. It is evident that if we do not order in accordance with our wishes of communication, what the recipient will receive will not be what we wanted to communicate. Therefore, this presentation, included in the framework of the ecclesiastical protocol, has as objective to show how important is to choose the placement of the lay people appointed by the Holy See for the official events of the Catholic Church. In other words, ‘How to order them and why?’ and ‘What is this order saying?’ This presentation is an invitation to think together about ‘where do we place the lay people appointed by the Holy See for an official event of the Catholic Church?’ We should always base our answer on the tradition and customs and, on the official texts of the Catholic Church.

We have chosen the story -The “flight” of Mr. Proti- as the style to show the possible orders and what each one is saying. We have opted for this style because the story allows for creating a fiction about a possible and admissible act. Besides stories permits more freedom of expression without offending sensibilities. This is an open story, where three possible ends are proposed, but there may be more. The reader is free to choose the one he thinks is better and/or he enjoys the most. Still he remains free for thinking other possible variations and/or permutations.