Pope Francis: Twelve Pairs of “Necessary Virtues” for the Year of Mercy
By National Catholic Reporter
Published on December 21, 2015
Pope Francis has strongly urged the bishops and cardinals who head the various Vatican offices to act with more respect, honesty and maturity — and has told them that reform of the church’s central bureaucracy will go forward “with determination, clarity, and firm resolve.”
In an annual pre-Christmas meeting with the leaders of what is called the Roman Curia, the pontiff also quoted a prayer long attributed to slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero to emphasize the “smallness” of their work in the context of “God’s great project of salvation.”
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