Friday, May 14, 2010

Pope Benedict says the times demand "a new missionary vigor"

The following is from a recent address of Pope Benedict XVI at Fatima...

"[T]he times in which we live demand a new missionary vigour on the part of Christians, who are called to form a mature laity, identified with the Church and sensitive to the complex transformations taking place in our world. Authentic witnesses to Jesus Christ are needed, above all in those human situations where the silence of the faith is most widely and deeply felt: among politicians, intellectuals, communications professionals who profess and promote a mono-cultural ideal, with disdain for the religious and contemplative dimension of life."

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