Vatican City, 8 March 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has sent a message to the participants in the
Congress, organised by the Vicariate of Rome, celebrated at the
Pontifical Lateran University from 7 to 8 March on the theme: “The
mission of Christian laypeople in the city”. Francis emphasised in
his letter various “essential aspects”. “The lay faithful, by
virtue of their Baptism, are agents in the work of evangelisation and
human promotion. Incorporated in the Church, each member of the
People of God is inseparably disciple and missionary. We must always
depart from this common root of ours, as sons and daughters of the
Mother Church”.
“As a result of this common belonging
to the Church and participation in her mission”, he continues, “it
is important that parishes and lay ecclesial bodies are not opposed
to each other. The latter, with their variety and dynamic quality,
are a resource for the Church, projecting into different environments
and sectors of social life; but it is good for them to maintain a
vital link to the organic pastoral ministry of the diocese and the
parishes, so as not to construct a partial reading of the Gospel or
to uproot themselves from the Mother Church”.
“I recommend that you make habitual
use of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, a
complete and valuable tool. With the help of this 'compass', I
encourage you to work for the social inclusion of the poor, always
offering religious and spiritual attention to them as a priority”,
he concludes.
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