Return to the Church of Jesus

A seminarian asks a bishop if the Church is fulfilling what was pointed out in the Council. The bishop answered: "We have not even lived what Jesus asks of us in the Gospel and we are going to fulfill what was told to us in the Council!". This answer interprets very well what has been happening in the Church of Jesus, in recent times, in Chile. Today there are many members in the Church who lack all authority; focused on power and not on the love that welcomes and serves their brothers. Pastors and lay people who have acted as employees. "We cannot allow sin to become the center of attention" (Letter from Pope Francis to the Chilean bishops convened in Rome) and continue to tarnish the beautiful image of the Church, which with its passion and resurrection has given to the Lord. We have to return to the Church of origins and "place Jesus in the center." How can we remain firm so that our faith does not decline? And if we have strayed away, how can we return to the church of Jesus? The book you hold in your hands aims to answer these questions.

P. RODRIGO VILLALOBOS

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