By Courtney Mares
Pope Francis said that catechists have the vital responsibility ofleading others to a personal encounterwith Jesus through prayer, the sacraments, and Scripture.
“The kerygma is a person: Jesus Christ. Catechesis is a special space for fostering a personal encounter with Him,” Pope Francis said in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Jan. 30.
“There is no true catechesis without the testimony of men and women in flesh and blood. Who among us does not remember at least one of his catechists? I do. I remember the nun who prepared me for my First Communion and was so good to me,” the pope added.
Pope tells Vatican bureaucrats to stop gossipy conflicts
by Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 6:39 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 6:42 am EDT
ROME Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to stop their gossipy, self-absorbed conflicts, issuing another tough-love Christmas message at the end of a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a financial scandal at the Holy See.
Francis gathered his cardinals, bishops and Vatican prelates for his annual Christmas greeting in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace. In past years, Francis has used the occasion to deliver a brutal dressing-down of the clerical court that surrounds the papacy, once denouncing the “spiritual Alzheimer’s” of some Holy See clerics.
Share
In past years, Francis has used the occasion to deliver a brutal dressing-down of the clerical court that surrounds the papacy, once denouncing the spiritual Alzheimer s of some Holy See clerics.
This year, Francis said conflicts in the church between left and right, progressives and traditionalists, only hurt the church and distort its true nature. For this reason, it would be good for us to stop living in conflict and feel once more that we are journeying together, Francis said.
He stressed that crisis isn´t the same as conflict, with crises in the church offering an opportunity for renewal but conflicts just a waste of energy and occasion for evil.
Nicole Winfield
Faithful gather in St. Peter s Square on the occasion of the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) December 21, 2020 - 9:41 AM
ROME - Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to stop their gossipy, self-absorbed conflicts, issuing another tough-love Christmas message at the end of a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a financial scandal at the Holy See.
Francis gathered his cardinals, bishops and Vatican prelates for his annual Christmas greeting in the Apostolic Palace. In past years, Francis has used the occasion to deliver a brutal dressing-down of the clerical court that surrounds the papacy, once denouncing the âspiritual Alzheimerâsâ of some Holy See clerics.
Pope Francis tells Vatican bureaucrats to stop gossipy conflicts
Francis gathered his cardinals, bishops and Vatican prelates for his annual Christmas greeting in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.
Share Via Email
| A+A A- By PTI
ROME: Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to stop their gossipy, self-absorbed conflicts, issuing another tough-love Christmas message at the end of a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a financial scandal at the Holy See.
Francis gathered his cardinals, bishops and Vatican prelates for his annual Christmas greeting in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.
In past years, Francis has used the occasion to deliver a brutal dressing-down of the clerical court that surrounds the papacy, once denouncing the spiritual Alzheimer s of some Holy See clerics.