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ROME (CNS) — The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more “auto-referential” and withdraw itself from the international stage and universal Church, Pope Francis’ representative to the United States said.
Speaking with Catholic News Service before formally taking possession of his titular church in Rome April 21, Cardinal Christophe Pierre described the reality of the church in the United States as a “paradox.” He said that while the U.S. church has “always been very faithful to the Holy Father,” he also noted that “the difficulty in America, like in every country in a world which is globalized but becomes more and more individualistic, (is) to receive the message of the pope, especially to work together.”
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Speaking with Catholic News Service before formally taking possession of his titular church in Rome April 21, Cardinal Christophe Pierre described the reality of the church in the United States as a “paradox.” He said that while the U.S. church has “always been very faithful to the Holy Father,” he also noted that “the difficulty in America, like in every country in a world which is globalized but becomes more and more individualistic, (is) to receive the message of the pope, especially to work together.”
Cardinal Christophe Pierre’s reflections
“The pope feels that if we don’t work together, we are not a church,” he stressed.Continued below.
The Church is 'not an idea,' pope's U.S. representative warns
The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more "auto-referential" and withdraw itself from the international stage and universal church, Pope Francis' representative to the United States said.
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