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Vatican Cardinal Says a Church of Migration and Ecology Is ‘of Interest to No One’
Breitbart ^ | April 6, 2019 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.

Posted on 04/06/2019 4:19:00 PM PDT by ebb tide

The highest-ranking African cardinal said this week that the Church risks becoming just another NGO if it focuses on “horizontal” issues like immigration and ecology rather than preaching Jesus Christ.

Some Catholic leaders urge the Church “not to speak about God, but to throw itself body and soul into social problems: migration, ecology, dialogue, the culture of encounter, the struggle against poverty, for justice and peace,” said Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah in an interview this week with La Nef.

While all of these problems are, of course, important, “a Church such as this is of interest to no one,” said Sarah, who heads up the Vatican’s liturgical office.

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TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Religion & Culture; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: africa; aliens; catholic; francischurch; illegals; treehuggers
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To: vpintheak

Cardinal Sarah is a man of God unlike Pope Francis Ocasio-Cortez.


21 posted on 04/06/2019 9:16:45 PM PDT by pke
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Thanks ebb tide.

22 posted on 04/07/2019 12:40:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ebb tide

Amen, Cardinal Sarah!


23 posted on 04/07/2019 2:02:03 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: irishjuggler

Check out this one!

https://aleteia.org/2019/04/06/cardinal-sarah-fear-is-the-greatest-weakness-of-the-church-today/?utm_campaign=NL_en&utm_source=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=NL_en


24 posted on 04/07/2019 6:10:37 AM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: mosesdapoet

I go with the practice of “obeying God” rather than obeying man.


25 posted on 04/07/2019 11:15:27 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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