Question:<\/span><\/p>\n The UK, Answer: <\/span><\/p>\n I would say that a Church that seeks to be particularly <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the plane to Scotland this morning the Pope held the typical Q&A session with reporters. THE more important of the Q&A, in my opinion, is noted below. The questions are vetted prior to the asking. Question: The UK, like many other Western countries – there is an issue that you have already touched on … Continue reading The Church does not work to be attractive…but is of service to the other…always, pope says<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,7],"tags":[1749,32081],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pope](\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Pope%20answers%20questions%20on%20plane%20to%20Scotland.jpg\")
\nlike many other Western countries – there is an issue that you have already
\ntouched on in the first answer -it is considered a secular country. There is a
\nstrong atheist movement, even for cultural reasons. However, there are also
\nsigns that religious faith, particularly in Jesus Christ, is still alive on a
\npersonal level. What can this mean for Catholics and Anglicans? Can anything be
\ndone to make the Church as an institution, more credible and attractive to
\neveryone?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nattractive is already on the wrong path<\/b>, because the Church does not work for
\nher own ends, she does not work to increase numbers and thus power<\/b>. The Church
\nis at the service of another<\/u>: she serves, not for herself, not to be a strong
\nbody, rather she serves to make the proclamation of Jesus Christ accessible,
\nthe great truths and great forces of love, reconciling love that appeared in
\nthis figure and that always comes from the presence of Jesus Christ<\/u>. In this
\nregard, the Church does not seek to be attractive in and of herself, but must
\nbe transparent for Jesus Christ and to the extent that she is not out for
\nherself, as a strong and powerful body in the world, that wants power, but is
\nsimply the voice of another, she becomes truly transparent for the great figure
\nof Christ and the great truth that he has brought to humanity. The power of
\nlove, in this moment one listens, one accepts. The Church should not consider
\nherself, but help to consider the other and she herself must see and speak of
\nthe other<\/u>. In this sense, I think, both Anglicans and Catholics have the same
\nsimple task, the same direction to take. If both Anglicans and Catholics see
\nthat the other is not out for themselves but are tools of Christ, children of
\nthe Bridegroom, as Saint John says, if both carry out the priorities of Christ
\nand not their own, they will come together, because at that time the priority
\nof Christ unites<\/b> them and they are no longer competitors seeking the greatest
\nnumbers, but are united in our commitment to the truth of Christ who comes into
\nthis world and so they find each other in a genuine and fruitful ecumenism.