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François Bustillo: "We must awaken the passion for God and for others"

2021-04-01T12:43:32.621Z


INTERVIEW - On the eve of Easter, the Franciscan religious gives back the meaning of the mission of the Church and of her priests.


François Bustillo, Franciscan religious, born in Navarre, an autonomous Spanish community, studied in Padua, Italy, then voluntarily chose France as a mission land, due to the context of dechristianization.

He experienced parish life in Narbonne.

He is currently superior of the convent of Lourdes, but he was provincial superior of the Franciscan conventuals, one of the three great Franciscan families.

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This experienced religious holds responsibilities in the diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes and preaches retreats.

He has just published an extremely stimulating book -

La Vocation du prêtre face aux crises

, subtitled

La Fidélité Créatrice

(Éditions Nouvelle Cité) - in which he tackles, without naivety but clearly, the crisis in pedophilia cases.

For him, the Catholic priesthood has not said its last word.

LE FIGARO.

- Cases of pedophilia, law on separatism… In this Easter 2021, what do the tribulations of the Catholic Church inspire?

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Source: lefigaro

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