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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Evils within the church are caused by a self-centeredness and “theological narcissism” that forget to share Christ with people outside of the church, Pope Francis said in the days before his election.
“When the church is self-referential, inadvertently, she believes she has her own light,” he said in a summary of a speech he gave to the College of Cardinals before the start of the conclave that ended in his election.
When the church ceases to be “the mysterium lunae,” that is, to depend on Christ for receiving and reflecting his – not its own – light, the church then “gives way to that very serious evil, spiritual worldliness, which according to (Jesuit Cardinal Henri-Marie) De Lubac, is the worst evil that can befall the church,” said then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
The church then “lives to give glory only to one another” and not the rest of the world, he said.
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, and Vatican Radio published March 27 the future pope’s comments, which were in the handwritten outline of the speech he gave during the pre-conclave meetings, called general congregations. The meetings, which ran March 4-11, gave the cardinals a chance to discuss the main challenges facing the church.
catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1301406.htm
Wow! A tough critique, but this is what the Cardinals heard before choosing Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to be Pope. That means they must agree with him. It’s good to see that he is wasting no time reorienting the Church to reflect the light of Christ just like the Moon reflects the light of the Sun.
Thank you Holy Spirit for giving us Pope Francis!
“When the church is self-referential, inadvertently, she believes she has her own light,” he said in a summary of a speech he gave to the College of Cardinals before the start of the conclave that ended in his election.
When the church ceases to be “the mysterium lunae,” that is, to depend on Christ for receiving and reflecting his – not its own – light, the church then “gives way to that very serious evil, spiritual worldliness, which according to (Jesuit Cardinal Henri-Marie) De Lubac, is the worst evil that can befall the church,” said then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
The church then “lives to give glory only to one another” and not the rest of the world, he said.
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, and Vatican Radio published March 27 the future pope’s comments, which were in the handwritten outline of the speech he gave during the pre-conclave meetings, called general congregations. The meetings, which ran March 4-11, gave the cardinals a chance to discuss the main challenges facing the church.
catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1301406.htm
Wow! A tough critique, but this is what the Cardinals heard before choosing Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to be Pope. That means they must agree with him. It’s good to see that he is wasting no time reorienting the Church to reflect the light of Christ just like the Moon reflects the light of the Sun.
Thank you Holy Spirit for giving us Pope Francis!