shepherd - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sat, 07 Jun 2014 10:56:00 +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 shepherd - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Priests - employees of an NGO or a shepherds https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/06/10/pope-asks-priest-employee-ngo-shepherd/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:20:11 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=58889 "Am I a pastor, or an employee of this NGO called the Church?" This is the question that every Catholic priest should ask himself. "This is the question that I, the bishops, and the priests, everyone, must ask themselves", said Pope Francis. He was commenting on the last words of Christ that close the Gospel Read more

Priests - employees of an NGO or a shepherds... Read more]]> "Am I a pastor, or an employee of this NGO called the Church?" This is the question that every Catholic priest should ask himself.

"This is the question that I, the bishops, and the priests, everyone, must ask themselves", said Pope Francis.

He was commenting on the last words of Christ that close the Gospel of John, "Feed my sheep"

"Feed - he said - with theology, philosophy, with patrology, with what you study, but feed. Be a shepherd - he continued - for the Lord has called us to this. Continue reading

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