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Cardinal Erdő calls for community between people in Christmas message
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God has taken community with man and “has enabled us to see Jesus Christ in other people”, Cardinal Péter Erdő, the head of the Hungarian Catholic Church, said in an interview to MTI on Tuesday.
The cardinal referred to the family as the primary place for that communion, but also said that
churches should “serve as a place for communities brought together by love”.
“Stepping into a church should mean to the visitor that they are there not as an audience for ‘a show’, but as a member of a community,” Erdő said.
Referring to the mission of his church, the cardinal said that it has traditionally involved helping the poor. The Catholic Church has “a specific asset of unselfish help to others based on the faith”, he said. The burden of bureaucracy weighs on the church’s welfare facilities, Erdő said, adding that such institutions in central and eastern Europe are obliged to meet “sophisticated regulations set up by Western standards” but without the financing provided in Western countries.
Cardinal Peter Erdo is a very impressive leader of the Catholic Church. He is one of my favorite cardinals, as he has a great understanding of the real world. Nobody knows when the next Papal conclave will occur. But I expect Cardinal Erdo to be one of the front runners to be the next Pope! He is certainly Papabile.