"Today, if we listen to the Spirit, we will not focus on conservatives and progressives, traditionalists and innovators, right and left,
no: if these are the criteria, it means that the Spirit is forgotten in the Church". The Pope said this in the Pentecost Mass adding: "The Paraclete pushes towards unity, harmony, harmony of diversity. He makes us see parts of the same Body, brothers and sisters among us. Let us look for the whole!".
The Church at this time is called to bring consolation
"not making big speeches, but making us close; not with words of circumstance, but with prayer and closeness". "The Paraclete tells the Church that today is the time of consolation. It is the time of the good news of the Gospel rather than of the fight against paganism. It is the time to bring the joy of the Risen One, not to complain about the drama of secularization. It is the time. to pour love on the world, without marrying worldliness. It is the time to bear witness to mercy rather than inculcate rules and norms ". The Pope said this in the homily of the Pentecost mass.
Chinese Christians are "in the heart" of the Pope.
Reminding the Regina Caeli that tomorrow the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated in China, the Pope said: "How good and how much is it necessary for the members of a family, of a Christian community, may they be ever more united in love and faith ". "I invite you to accompany with prayer the Christian faithful in China, our dearest brothers and sisters who I hold in the depths of my heart" and "may the Holy Spirit, protagonist of the Church's mission in the world, guide them and help them to be bearers of joy. proclamation, witnesses of charity and builders of justice and peace ".