“The Catholic Church in the U.S. is growing, and should evangelize by showing the ‘joy of living’ and becoming ‘a Church of the poor,’ said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga at a recent conference.
“‘Every year the Church is growing, like a forest, not making noise,’ the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, said at the University of Dallas Oct. 25.”
In his keynote address at the 7th Annual University of Dallas Ministry Conference, Cardinal Rodríguez reflected on the importance of the Church (and its people) returning to Jesus every day (“The Church only has a future and can only consider herself great by humbly trying to follow Jesus.”). Related to this advice, he stated that there is “no doubt that doctrinal argument is important, but people will be attracted by the humanity of Christians, those who live by the faith, who live in a human way, who irradiate the joy of living, the consistency in their behavior.”
To access a news report on the cardinal’s address, please visit:
Catholic News Agency: US Catholicism like growing forest, leading cardinal says (1 NOV 13)
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