Cardinal Lajolo Says Church's Mission to Spread Gospel

BringMeTheNews interview with Governor of Vatican City, Pt. 1 from bringmethenews.com on Vimeo.

See the rest of the interviews with Cardinal Lajolo, here.

He's the governor of the Vatican State, a member of the Knights of Malta and has a doctorate in Canon Law.

He will be saying Mass this morning at St. Mary's Basilica, a place that is known for heterodoxy and dissent. It's indisputable that Rome has known about the overt and abiding heresy of Americanism which dominates Catholic institutions in the United States. Despite this, he's insistent to insist on the idea that the Church is to make Jesus Christ present to the world, however, it's necessary to qualify what we mean when we say, "Christ". Are we talking about a vague abstraction, representative of a false Gospel of social justice, or are we talking about, or is He the living God who came to die for mankind and rose again from the dead? All too many priests in the Archdiocese of St. Paul are talking about the former. Some Catholics who are attent listeners will notice this and we hope that Rome will notice it as well and take increasing measures to correct this.

The Cardinal refered to the Church's missionary efforts and the Church's growth and "health" which he termed as "excellent" and praises the pastoral sense of the American Bishops.

On Sex Abuse:

Cardinal Lajolo said he was very uplifted by the lay people in the Catholic Church in this country who have supported the Church during what he referred to as the “matters of great sorrow and anguish” of the church, referring to the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Church in the United States.

“We understand what we have to do. ... We don’t have to fear evil. We don’t have to be overcome by evil. We have strength – not our strength – but the strength of God to react and to overcome evil.”

We talked about the pope’s remark in Portugal last month that “the greatest persecution of the church doesn’t come from enemies on the outside, but is born from the sins within the church.”

Lajolo said, “That is right.” And said it is the way of the church to go from situations of sin to a new situation. “To have a new horizon, new goals. To find new ways in order to serve man and God.”

Link to Rick Kupchella, softball, interview...