In a homily he gave during Mass on May 9th at the Santa Marta guesthouse chapel, Pope Francis looked around the congregation and said, “We are sinners, everyone, here. And the Church is holy! We are sinners, but she [the Church] is holy…But how can it be holy if all of us are in it?”
That last question ought to give us pause; given the rocky road the church has traveled in recent years, it says much about our condition nowadays—the church’s, society’s, and ourselves. In the casual, conversational, off-the-cuff style we have become accustomed to since his election last year, Pope Francis’ words are as good a summary as any about the state of things today.
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