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Pope in Kazakhstan, no one is a foreigner in the Church

2022-09-15T06:57:39.846Z


Francis's visit to the Asian country ends today (ANSA) Pope Francis concludes today his three-day visit to Kazakhstan, participating before the flight back to Italy in the final session of the 7th Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions held yesterday in the capital Nur-Sultan. "I am happy to be here among you, to greet the Episcopal Conference of Central Asia and to meet a Church made up of many different faces, stories and tradit


Pope Francis concludes today his three-day visit to Kazakhstan, participating before the flight back to Italy in the final session of the 7th Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions held yesterday in the capital Nur-Sultan.

"I am happy to be here among you, to greet the Episcopal Conference of Central Asia and to meet a Church made up of many different faces, stories and traditions, all united by the one faith in Christ Jesus".

Thus Pope Francis addressed the bishops and clergy of Kazakhstan during the meeting in the Catholic cathedral of Nur-Sultan.


    "Monsignor Mumbiela Sierra, whom I thank for his words of greeting, said: 'Most of us are foreigners'; it's true, because you come from different places and countries, but the beauty of the Church is this: we are one family , in which no one is a foreigner, "he observed.


    "I repeat: no one is a stranger in the Church, we are one holy People of God enriched by many peoples! - the Pontiff underlined - And the strength of our priestly and holy people lies precisely in making diversity a richness through sharing it. who we are and what we have: our littleness multiplies if we share it ".

If today in this vast country, multicultural and multireligious, we can see lively Christian communities and a religious sense that runs through the life of the population, it is above all thanks to the rich history that preceded it ", said Francis, touching on the topic with the clergy of Kazakhstan. of "memory". "I am thinking of the spread of Christianity in Central Asia - he recalled -, which took place in the very first centuries,

all of equal dignity.

Not only bishops, priests and consecrated persons, but every baptized person has been immersed in the life of Christ and in him - as Saint Paul reminded us - is called to receive the inheritance and accept the promise of the Gospel.

Space must therefore be given to the laity: he will do you good, so that the communities do not become rigid and clerical.

A synodal Church, on the way to the future of the Spirit, is a participatory and co-responsible Church.

It is a Church capable of going out to meet the world because it is trained in communion. "Pope Francis said this in the meeting in Nur-Sultan with the bishops and clergy of Kazakhstan.

inheritance and welcome the promise of the gospel.

Space must therefore be given to the laity: it will do you good, so that the communities do not become rigid and clerical.

A synodal Church, on the way to the future of the Spirit, is a participatory and co-responsible Church.

It is a Church capable of going out to meet the world because it is trained in communion. "Pope Francis said this in the meeting in Nur-Sultan with the bishops and clergy of Kazakhstan.

inheritance and welcome the promise of the gospel.

Space must therefore be given to the laity: it will do you good, so that the communities do not become rigid and clerical.

A synodal Church, on the way to the future of the Spirit, is a participatory and co-responsible Church.

It is a Church capable of going out to meet the world because it is trained in communion. "Pope Francis said this in the meeting in Nur-Sultan with the bishops and clergy of Kazakhstan.

Source: ansa

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