Posted on 07/15/2023 5:06:58 PM PDT by ebb tide
I was not expecting that. But I immediately understood, because I had already had the experience, when I was in other countries like Mexico, of phoning a newly made cardinal. So I knew that it was not fake news.I'm quite happy (about the appointment), to be honest. But on the other hand, I measure the responsibility. It is a great sense of trust, and I see the repercussions.Spiritually, I think you feel a great responsibility, because this is about the church. It's not about me. All my life, that has been my mission: I have been sent to help the pope to exercise his mission. It's a beautiful mission -- a challenging one, but a beautiful one.OSV News: Speaking of mission, right now we as a church are focused on synodality. Looking back at the North American phase of the synod, do you think the process has taken root here?Cardinal-designate Pierre: First and foremost, I think the synod is synodality. The synod is really something which is from the deep intuitions of the Holy Father. Pope Francis is really the pope for today. ... He has the gifts of the Holy Spirit to guide the church.And he has analyzed very well the situation of the world today. It's a world which is globalized, but also a world which is separated. The separation works at every level: in the families, in the communities. Consider the political life of this country: Instead of trying to build the country together, we separate ourselves. We fight constantly.
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I think the synod is synodality.
Another of Bergoglio's idiots soon to join his college of creeps.
Ping
Yeah. Not buying it. I met him. He is a nasty man, this Pierre.
Jesus answered him, (Nicodemus) “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
Yep baptism.
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