{"id":21802,"date":"2013-10-05T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=21802"},"modified":"2013-10-05T20:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T01:28:22","slug":"cardinal-duka-of-prague-the-church-preaches-too-much-and-rejects-too-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/05\/cardinal-duka-of-prague-the-church-preaches-too-much-and-rejects-too-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Duka of Prague: The Church Preaches Too Much and Rejects Too Many"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the plenary assembly of the Council of European Bishops in Bratislava, Cardinal Dominik Duka said today that the public perception of the Church is marked too much by preaching and pushing people away, and young people do not understand the Church\u2019s language. The cardinal considers it a great problem that the language of the Church has become completely incomprehensible to youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Church must appear less as admonisher and more as the bearer of programs that are attractive to people,\u201d Duka said. He recalled the times of great Catholic breakthrough movements, such as in the time of Don Bosco. The Church then undertook great efforts for education, against poverty, and against sickness, and through these the Church had great power of attraction.<\/p>\n

In order to speak to people today, he said, the Church must convey the fundamental confidence that \u201cGod plays in the big leagues\u201d and the devil \u201conly in the minor leagues.\u201d He said, \u201cThere are not two teams of each strength. There is already a victor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: KIPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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