The Pope: The Church is not formed by the majority or minorities, but by a town on the road

Isabella H. De Carvalho – the Vatican city

“Christianity is never exclusive, but it is always comprehensive for everyone.” This is the idea that the Pope directed the participants in the second Seneyotherapy Association in Italy, which gathered in the Vatican from March 31 to April 3. In a message signed on March 28, but it was published today, Francisco recalls that real joy “does not leave happiness easy, nor is he born from comfortable solutions to problems, but does not avoid the cross, but avoids that the Lord never leaves us.” The Pope says that he personally suffered from God while he was “entering the hospital, and now at this time of recovery.”

A city in the movement

“Christian joy is confidence in God in every case of life,” the Pope is repeated in the text, stressing that it is a “gift” that comes from the Lord. This joy “takes place in the folds of daily life and in participation” and is characterized by “broad horizons” and “comfortable style”, as Francisco writes. “The church is not formed by the majority or by the minorities, but by the Holy People of God who walk in the bright history of the word and spirit.” Hence an appeal to the participants to be “guided by the creative harmony resulting from the Holy Spirit” in the vote of proposals, which is the “axis of the future of churches in Italy”.

Years of discrimination

The topic of joy is in the business center of more than a thousand participants, including bishops, diocese and guest delegates, gathered to vote Proposals Entitled “To be full of joy.” These are the proposals and ideas that appeared in these years of discrimination and the Senodi road, which started in 2021. Proposals They will be delivered to the bishops of each diocese so that they can formulate instructions for local churches as well as the services of the Italian Episcopal Conference.