[Polycarp]

He urged the Brazilian prelates not to have "reservations about associating the word of Christ to charitable activities by a misunderstood sense of respect for others' convictions."

"It is not an act of charity to leave brothers in darkness about truth," John Paul II stressed. "It is not an act of charity to feed the poor or visit the suffering by taking human resources to them but not communicating to them the Word that saves."

[Polycarp]

Pinging...someone once accused Mother Teresa of the error the Pope is addressing here. How preposterous!

[RnMomof7]

He urged the Brazilian prelates not to have "reservations about associating the word of Christ to charitable activities by a misunderstood sense of respect for others' convictions."

Unfortunately in America the Government would never allow the name of Jesus tied to "social work"

"Catholic Charities " in Buffalo (I can not speak for other areas) has long ago ceased to be anything more than a secular charity in practice..they have athesists and gays and all manner of employees and NONE of then NAME Christ..loss of federal funds you know

It is very sad

[Siobhan]

Pinging....

[RobbyS]

Lastly, the Pope focused on the bishop's mission to "govern." Above all, he must care for the priests, "especially when there is a delay in the fruits of pastoral work, with the possible temptation to discouragement and sadness."

"Many pastors do not have the feeling of working in an evangelical vineyard, but rather in an arid steppe," the Holy Father said. Yet, "the risen Lord walks with you and makes your efforts fruitful."

Found this interesting. The Irony of the so-called "Spirit of Vatican II" is that it demoralized so many of the religious.

[GenXFreedomFighter]

Oh look, the usual suspects are here to p!ss all over yet another Catholic thread.

Don't you guys have ANYTHING else to do?

[victim soul]

In this ambience, the duty of the bishop is "to invite members of the particular Churches entrusted to him to accept in all its fullness the teaching of the Church in regard to questions of faith and morals," even if it means going against the current of the prevailing mentality, the Pope said.