RECENT SAYINGS OF OUR POPE

‘The greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without, but arises from sin within the Church and that the Church thus has a deep need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn forgiveness on the one hand but also the need for justice’…..11 May.

‘We must overcome the temptation to restrict ourselves to what we already have, or think we have, safely in our possession: it would be sure death in terms of the Church’s presence in the world; the Church can only be missionary, in the outward movement of the Spirit…..We are called to serve the humanity of our own time, trusting in Jesus alone’…..14 May.