There will be no combat doctrine for the future of the Catholic Church

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Today, cardinals mourn and bury the Pope Francis. As they do, they will take restrained views to each other, whoever thinks of who will come.

Sire, St. Peter will work high in choosing 266th successes, but they will not be alone. Cardinals think that their responsibilities have the Holy Ru to discover God’s choice and help them. To do this, take into account the situation of the world and the church, listen to each other carefully and keeps openly thoughtful and heart. From Monday to early May, the contours of the next paps will be thrown around the names of the names in the daily discussions and informal evening in the Synod hall. “I heard good things about Cardinal X. What do you know about him?”

When buying a property, it is something to prepare a list of ideal qualities and actually look at the market. No cardinal cannot meet every expectation: Options should be made, which in turn reflects priorities. Prospects change here. But Prettily The battle cliché between “progressive” blocks and “conservatives” blocks, which arguing on ethical or doctrinal questions, is the least useful way to annoy the disagreement.

When the papal elections were decided by Europeans, it was mostly true once. However, the Catholic Church is a universal, very polar body of many “centers” today, Francis – a fact that it is reflected in the diversity of nominations in many centuries.

Cardinals currently come from 94 different countries. True, Europe remains heavy weight with 53 voters, still shrinks in congregations. These days, most of the Catholics are in America with 37 voters. But the people grow the fastest in Asia and Africa, which are 23 and 18 voters, respectively.

While the church in the West fight to protect their heavy legacy in the southern continents, there are no sources for the expandable flock, and there are no sources to build fast enough for schools. The cultural differences are already increasing the discussion of ethical questions, but this is not the same disagreement as the doctrine is applied.

It is more useful to correct the differences between the cardinals in terms of protection of the church. How does the Gospel to bring to society better reflect Jesus’ call of God’s Kingdom to create a house? This is what the church can call “style” – its culture, his mindset. And here, some differences between the cardinals are driving deep as revealed in response to Francis.

When the late Pope’s reforms called the “change of period”, which is the “change of period”, which is marked by the total expulsion of Christianity, reflects the church. Francis compared the “negative view” of the decreased social relevance of the church, “a prominent look”. The negative view of the disappointment in the loss of prestige is trying to restore or build the shore. Criticism of seculars called Francis Francis called “Nostalgia” for a fruitful society because the church and the ministers are greater strength and socially socially.

Different image, in the last few decades, as a shock that gives the dramatic turns in a few decades, both the domestic culture and the world, is the world to better perform the “God’s style”. Last year, a “minority Christianity, or better, witnessing, witnessing Christianity” spoke about the need to embrace. This can better reflect a way of God, a love, which is a love of mercy and joy, modesty and service, forgiveness, forgiving churches and extra.

He carried out the pausage, Francis gave us a masterklass in the style of God. A charming teacher, who is careful about the complexity of people’s life, was an attractive and humble evangelist. Whether the variety is unusable, and be “to see”, especially those on the edge of society. This week’s extensive numbers in Rome prove its deep impact.

Again, this style, especially the cultural war, where the Catholicism was strong, especially in the United States and Eastern Europe. Here, Francis accused of violating the doctrine’s demands and clarity of church teaching. Such criticism reveals that some of them are not the most, but many – cardinals, teaching, demanding loyalty, require a culture and seeking power higher languages.

However, the world in which this body was created. The future of the church is now, as in centuries, the ability to go along with the world and searchers and searches and wounded, as early as today, it is now extremely. The fight against the fight in 2025 will not pass through the doctrine, but to go back to the descent of institutional Christianity, or to double-drop or francis such a call to such a strong way or so strongly.