(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, SEPTEMBER 18 - In the Church there is "who insists on taking the place of God, pretending to model the Church on her own cultural and historical convictions, forcing her to armed borders, to blaming customs, aspirations that blaspheme her gratuitousness of the overwhelming action of God. When the Church is witness, in fact, of the unconditional love of God, of his hospitable breadth, it truly expresses its own catholicity ". The Pope said this in the Vatican audience with the diocese of Rome.
The Pope invited 'his' diocese to undertake the synodal path without excluding anyone: "If the parish is everyone's home in the neighborhood, not an exclusive club, miraculously: leave doors and windows open, do not limit yourself to only those who attend or think as I do, which will be, 3, 4, 5 percent, not more. Allow everyone to enter. " Then he also joked: "It would be a bad thing for the diocese of Rome not to commit itself" to the Synod, "a fool for the Pope but also for you".
The Holy Spirit makes his disciples discover "the geography of divine salvation, opening doors and windows, breaking down walls, breaking chains, freeing boundaries. Then it may be necessary to leave, change direction, overcome beliefs that hold back and prevent us from moving and walking together", he concluded. . (HANDLE).