In an interview published by the French weekly Le diary du Dimanche on the occasion of the release of his fresh book “2050”, the retired Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah, claims that the Church is in danger of losing its identity if he tries to adapt to the categories and expectations of the modern world.
For Guinean purple, the criterion of assessment of pontificate is not administrative decisions or disciplinary reforms, but the ability to reposition God at the center of church life. As he explains, erstwhile the Church talks primarily about adoration, conversion and holiness, not about strategies or structures, it regains its actual axis. Otherwise there is simply a threat of weakening religion in purely human terms – he observes.
Priest Cardinal. Sarah claims that many conflicts in the Church present have its origin in a deeper crisis: a crisis of the language of faith. erstwhile doctrinal precision is abandoned, there is confusion among the faithful. He so stresses that doctrinal clarity is not rigor, but an act of mercy toward those who search guidance.
Purple condemns today's tendency to justice the Church by the categories appropriate to the modern world: productivity, representativeness, inclusiveness and organization results. It reminds us that the Church does not be to reflect the world, but to save it. In this sense, he makes it clear: “We do not request another global institution. We request the Church as a sacrament of salvation." He warns that erstwhile 1 forgets about his divine human dimension, the weaknesses of institutions become unbearable. But erstwhile its supernatural nature is recognized, the Church appears as a sign of opposition to the world.
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