Friday, March 12, 2010

Pope: Priest Who Sees Himself as a "Social Agent" Runs Risk of Betraying Priesthood Itself

Pope Benedict XVI said today (March 12, 2010) that when a priest sees himself as nothing more than a "social agent," he runs the risk of betraying the priesthood itself, according to the Zenit website.

The Pope said this today upon receiving in audience the participants in the International Theological Conference "Fidelity of Christ, Fidelity of the Priest," organized by the Congregation for Clergy.

The two-day event -- which was attended by more than 50 bishops and over 500 priests -- was organized around the theme of the Year for Priests.

The Pontiff broached the topic of priestly identity, which he said is important to have clear, so as to not "yield to the temptation to reduce it to the prevailing cultural categories."

The Pope then called for an hermeneutic "of priestly continuity," that would show the uninterruptedness of the priesthood, beginning with Jesus Christ and leading up through modern times.

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