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“In evangelizing the worlds of culture, as in evangelizing the worlds of political and economic life, the Church’s method must be that of freedom. “The Church proposes; she imposes nothing,” John Paul wrote with characteristically italicized emphasis. “She respects individuals and cultures, and she honors the sanctuary of conscience.” At the same time, the Church evangelizes in the conviction that it has been given the truth about humanity and its destiny in Jesus Christ and is solemnly obliged to propose that truth to everyone.”
― The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
― The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
“But above all, fight by your very holiness of life; fight by becoming the saint that God wants you to be; fight by encouraging a decent young man to become a priest; fight by doing a Holy Hour every day for the sanctification of the Church; fight by coming to Mass regularly; fight by evangelizing; fight by doing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.”
― Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
― Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
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