Pope Francs said yesterda,y, "The Church cannot risk becoming 'static' but must continue as a missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world," the Cath. News website reports today (Oct. 27, 2024).
"We cannot remain inert before the questions raised by the women and men today, before the challenges of our time, the urgency of evangelization, and the many wounds that afflict humanity." the pope said in his homily during the closing Mass for the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's Basilica yesterday.
"A sedentary Church , that inadvertently withdraws from life and confines itself to the margins of reality , is a Church that risks remaining blind and becoming comfortable with its own unease," he said.On Oct. 25, the pope received the final document of the Synod on Synodality approved by more than 350 members of the Synod. The document called for the increased participation of lay men and women in all levels of Church life, including parishes, dioceses, and in seminaries.
In his homily, the pope called on the Church not to remain in a state of "blindness" on the issues in the Church and the world, a blindness that can take the form of embracing worldliness, placing a premium on comfort or having a closed heart.
"We do not need a sedentary and defeatist Church," he said, "but a Church that hears the cry of the world and a Church that gets its hands dirty to serve the Lord."
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