{"id":205358,"date":"2018-03-08T21:55:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T02:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=205358"},"modified":"2018-03-08T21:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T02:56:09","slug":"cardinal-cupich-answers-question-makes-pope-francis-tick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/03\/cardinal-cupich-answers-question-makes-pope-francis-tick\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Cupich answers the question: ‘What makes Pope Francis tick?’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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From the archdiocesan newspaper Chicago Catholic:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

One evening I was having dinner with a friend who is a prominent leader in the world of entertainment. He is not Catholic, but professed to have a very strong liking of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. He appreciated his clear voice in defense of the marginalized, his powerful symbolic witness in actions such as washing the feet of prisoners and his radiant and joyful interactions with people from every background.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes him tick?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhat centers him and directs his life?\u201d I replied: \u201cThe Holy Father genuinely believes not only that Jesus rose from the dead 2,000 years ago, but is risen, active and alive in the world, leading the church today. Pope Francis sees his role as being attentive to all the that Jesus is doing and calling us to be in our time.\u201d Seeing the puzzled look on my friend\u2019s face, I got the impression that I had totally befuddled him, as though he were speaking to someone who had just arrived from Mars.<\/p>\n

Perhaps my explanation came across as too simplistic for him, but I am convinced that we really cannot understand Pope Francis without attending to that deeply held belief. It is because of his firm faith that Christ is alive and active in the church that he is insisting on a new pastoral approach for the church and its ministers. Ministry begins with encounter, continues with accompanying and leads to integration more fully into the life of the church, because that is precisely the way of Jesus.<\/p>\n

The Holy Father\u2019s core conviction about the resurrection of Jesus also helps us make sense of his urging not to judge others or become an obstacle by denying God\u2019s grace to those whose lives are imperfect. The pope rightly believes that, as one who has broken down the barrier between time and eternity through his resurrection, Christ loves without limit or condition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s more. Read it all.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by Deacon Greg Kandra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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