"The problem with the political party approach to the Papacy is that it presumes that each Pontiff must enact a revolution, a new way of doing things, over the last Pope. Is it not possible, instead, that each papacy strives to enact this unity, this gift of self to the world, in a particular way and with particular gifts? In fact, there is a sacramental beauty to Pope Francis’ claim that the encyclical Lumen Fidei was the fruit of four hands: his and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Is it not the case that the life of the Church is the fruit of hundreds of millions of hands throughout time, who have dared to embody self-giving love in the world? St. Francis de Sales and St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross."
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:23:43 +0000
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