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Denver, Colo., Sep 20, 2012 \/ 07:21 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Cardinal Francis Arinze said Sept. 18 that evangelization is at the center of the Church\u2019s mission and that acts of charity are an indispensable part of this effort.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIf the Church did not evangelize, it would end up in the Vatican Museum,\u201d he told the audience.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal delivered his remarks to a standing room-only crowd at Bonfils Hall on the grounds of the John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization in Denver, Colo. The talk was part of the Archbishop's Lecture Series, a Denver tradition instituted by its former archbishop, Charles J. Chaput, now of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Arinze is originally from Nigeria, and served as head of the Vatican\u2019s Congregation for Divine Worship from 2002 to 2008.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal explained to CNA that his message for the talk was that charity is essential for evangelization because \u201ccharity is the mother of all the virtues. Without charity all the others fall away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCharity, he added, \u201corders all the others\u201d (virtues) and that it is \u201cpreceding the Gospel\u201d in the work of evangelization.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Arinze said that evangelization, announcing the good news of salvation in Christ to every human person, is the reason the Church exists.<\/p>\n

\tQuoting Paul VI's apostolic exhortation \u201cEvangelii nuntiandi,\u201d he said, \u201cEvangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAnd when it comes to defining charity, the cardinal said it is preaching the truth. Christ forgave sins, restoring people to God's peace and the truth \u201ceven before healing their bodily ailments,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

\tYet the poor were always at the forefront of Jesus' consideration in his ministry. When he sent his disciples on their \u201ctrial run evangelizing tour,\u201d Jesus told them to pay attention to those who needed healing, external and internal, body and soul.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Arinze reminded the audience that charity to the poor is not merely caring for bodily necessities. \u201cSpiritual needs have priority\u201d he said, adding that the spiritual works of mercy \u2014 such as instructing the ignorant and comforting the afflicted \u2014 are charity of a \u201chigher order.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThose who share the truths of our Catholic faith \u2026 these are exercising charity of a very high degree. May God bless those who share the bread of the Gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Arinze also insisted that faith must be expressed in works. He said that attending Latin High Mass isn't enough when the poor are cold and hungry, and that Mother Teresa didn't give fundamental theology lectures.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal was president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue for 18 years, and was asked about charity and other religions. He said he \u201cencouraged collaboration\u201d between Christians and those of other faiths in charitable works because there \u201cisn't Christian corruption or Muslim drought.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Arinze finished his talk by reiterating the necessity of faith expressing itself in charitable works. The Blessed Virgin \u201cknew it wasn't enough just to conceive\u201d Jesus \u2013 she immediately went to visit Elizabeth, he recalled.<\/p>\n

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