23 January 2014, The Tablet

Letter from Rome


 
During his visit to Sacred Heart Parish next to Rome’s Termini station last Sunday, Pope Francis told young people how they could help him reform the Church. In a closed-door session with youths aged from 16 to 30, his message was clear – “make a ruckus” and don’t be too rigid! He made his point by recounting a conference he once attended with people their age who wanted to renew the Church. “They were very serious,” he said. “Then at Mass they all had their hands glued together, they were rigid … At a certain point I thought I had statues in front of me instead of persons,” he confided. “They said, ‘You have to do this …’ They had a recipe. Poor things, they all ended up in a bad way,” he continue
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