Pope Francis at the general audience at St. Peter's Square on Oct. 25, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Oct 25, 2023 / 12:13 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis in his ongoing catechetical series on apostolic zeal on Wednesday spoke about the example of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the ninth-century “apostles of the Slavs” whose mission was built on three pillars: unity, inculturation, and liberty.
At the center of the pope’s Oct. 25 general audience was an emphasis on the relationship — and harmonization — between culture and faith. This process of inculturation is seen in the example of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, whose task was to “study the culture of those peoples in depth,” the pope said.
Pope Francis recounted the story of the two brothers as one of encounter with the Slavic people, who had to confront a “pagan” culture, thereby integrating the faith into the specific, local cultural context.
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Australian theologian Father Ormond Rush addresses the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 23, 2023, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. / Credit: Vatican Media livestream
Vatican City, Oct 23, 2023 / 14:44 pm (CNA).
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Vietnamese Catholics who made their way to Mongolia for Pope Francis’s recent trip to the East Asian nation have said that in light of bettering relations between their country and the Vatican, they now want a papal visit of their own.