Guzman Carriquiry - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:06:07 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Guzman Carriquiry - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican official blasts Americans' faith https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/12/14/vatican-official-blasts-americans-faith/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=37870 A "grey pragmatism and mediocrity" has infiltrated Christianity in America, according to an official of the Vatican's Latin America commission. Professor Guzman Carriquiry, secretary for the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, said there is a growing tendency for Americans' faith to be lived with a lack of enthusiasm, lukewarmness and ignorance. "How many Christians today Read more

Vatican official blasts Americans' faith... Read more]]> A "grey pragmatism and mediocrity" has infiltrated Christianity in America, according to an official of the Vatican's Latin America commission.

Professor Guzman Carriquiry, secretary for the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, said there is a growing tendency for Americans' faith to be lived with a lack of enthusiasm, lukewarmness and ignorance.

"How many Christians today have buried their baptism under a cloak of consumerism and indifference?" he asked during an international conference on America in the Vatican's Synod Hall.

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