n New Book… Cardinal Sarah Calls Catholic Priests To Spiritual Renewal
By HANNAH BROCKHAUS ROME (CNA) — In a new book, Robert Cardinal Sarah calls priests to spiritual renewal, saying that it will not come through structural changes, but through rediscovering the priest’s mission and identity as the presence of Christ in the world.“Christ never created structures. Of course, I’m not saying they aren’t necessary. Organization is useful in society, but it is not first,” Sarah said in a November 16 interview with the Catholic French weekly Famille Chrétienne.“What is first is the very first word of Christ in the Gospel of Mark: ‘Convert and believe in the Gospel’.”The Vatican’s former liturgy chief published “Pour l’éternité: Méditations sur la figure du prêtre” (“For Eternity: Meditations on the Figure of the Priest”)…Continue Reading