Moral laws - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:07:45 +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 Moral laws - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness' in Church https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/12/04/pope-calls-for-revolution-of-tenderness-in-church/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:05:37 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=79496 Pope Francis has called for a "revolution of tenderness" in the world and in the Catholic Church. He took his church to task in an interview published on Wednesday in Credere, a Catholic magazine reporting on the Holy Year of Mercy. Francis lamented that the Church itself "falls into the temptation to take a hard Read more

Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness' in Church... Read more]]> Pope Francis has called for a "revolution of tenderness" in the world and in the Catholic Church.

He took his church to task in an interview published on Wednesday in Credere, a Catholic magazine reporting on the Holy Year of Mercy.

Francis lamented that the Church itself "falls into the temptation to take a hard line, the temptation to stress only the moral laws".

He wondered "how many people are left outside" the Church by that emphasis.

The Pope said today needs a "revolution of tenderness" because "from here, justice and all the rest derives".

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