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2025-02-03
Sarah warned that there is in fact a crisis of faith in today's world and that it is now at "the deepest and most crucial" point.
As for those who give their lives to God, he emphasized that "I would not say that consecrated persons 'don't believe'; rather, I am convinced that, precisely because of the cultural conditions unfavorable to the radical nature of virginity for the kingdom of heaven, those who respond to the vocation today have a serious and radical initial intention."
"The most discussed point is that of fidelity, over time, to the task that God has assigned. In an increasingly hostile cultural context, with the fragmentation of relationships, which does not allow us to perceive the support and warmth of a believing community, it is increasingly complex to live the radical nature of the Gospel. I believe that this is the crucial point for all laypeople and consecrated persons, for all the baptized."
Regarding those who leave the Catholic Church, the African cardinal lamented that "those who leave are always making a mistake. They are making a mistake because they abandon [their] Mother; they are making a mistake because they commit a very dangerous act of pride, setting themselves up as judges of the Church."