Art In The Church Fundamentally Exists For

Whenever People Listen To One Another Humbly And Openly, Their Shared Values And Aspirations Become All The More Apparent. Diversity Is No Longer Seen As A Threat, But As A Source Of Enrichment.

Proselytism Is Solemn Nonsense, It Makes No Sense. We Need To Get To Know Each Other, Listen To Each Other And Improve Our Knowledge Of The World Around Us.

How Can It Be That It Is Not A News Item When An Elderly Homeless Person Dies Of Exposure, But It Is News When The Stock Market Loses Two Points? This Is A Case Of Exclusion.

We Are Called To Reach Out To Those Who Find Themselves In The Existential Peripheries Of Our Societies And To Show Particular Solidarity With The Most Vulnerable Of Our Brothers And Sisters: The Poor, The Disabled, The Unborn And The Sick, Migrants And Refugees, The Elderly And The Young Who Lack Employment.

At This Time Of Crisis We Cannot Be Concerned Solely With Ourselves, Withdrawing Into Loneliness, Discouragement And A Sense Of Powerlessness In The Face Of Problems. Please Do Not Withdraw Into Yourselves! This Is A Danger: We Shut Ourselves Up In The Parish, With Our Friends, Within The Movement, With The Like-minded... But Do You Know What Happens? When The Church Becomes Closed, She Becomes An Ailing Church, She Falls Ill! That Is A Danger. . . .a Church Closed In On Herself Is The Same, A Sick Church.