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This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.  (Pope Francis)

Canon Law 212 calls upon the laity to speak up:

2 - The Christian faithful are free to make known to the pastors of the Church their needs, especially spiritual ones, and their desires.

§3. - According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.

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Pope Francis to Europe: A Pep Talk

| Written by Clyde Christofferson | Print | Hits: 2400

For those feeling discouraged about the pace of reform, we should wish for the kind of pep talk Pope Francis gave to the European Union on May 6, 2016.

There is a life within what he says that is quite remarkable. It is a “must read” for anyone hoping for dynamism in this world. Can it really be true that such a dynamo is our pope, the head of this sometimes stodgy old Catholic Church?

He speaks in language that is reminiscent of “the widow, the orphan and the stranger in the land” but not so much with respect to their external needs as for the dignity of their conscious participation in an inclusive society governed through encounter and dialogue.

And he has something to say about the young, too. “Peace will be lasting in the measure that we arm our children with the weapons of dialogue, that we teach them to fight the good fight of encounter and negotiation. … our young people have a critical role. They are not the future of our peoples; they are the present.”

Clyde

From: Brad
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: Pope Francis to Europe: A Pep Talk
Less talk….more implementation.
More sugar speeches than we know what to do with.

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