The convention concentrated on inculturation, a concept which John Paul II described as the technique wherein "the Church makes the Gospel incarnate in diverse cultures and at the same time introduces peoples, in conjunction with their cultures, into her personal group."
Pope Francis stated that many guys and ladies in religious lifestyles can also be tempted to focus on the decline in numbers of vocations in their orders. He advised them to "surrender the criterion of numbers."
"otherwise it might turn you into frightened disciples, trapped during the past and giving into nostalgia. This nostalgia is basically the siren song of religious life," Francis stated.
in its place of focusing on numbers, religious may still center of attention on evangelization and "go away the leisure to the Holy Spirit," the pope stated.
"i would like to remind you that pleasure, the optimum expression of existence in Christ, is the highest quality witness we will offer the holy people of God whom we're known as to serve and accompany on their pilgrimage towards the come upon with the daddy," he referred to. "Peace, joy, and a sense of humor."
"How unhappy it's to peer consecrated guys and ladies who haven't any experience of humor, who take everything so significantly … To be with Jesus is to be completely happy," Pope Francis noted.
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