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Some ideas, from Chicago\u2019s Cardinal Francis George, interviewed by NCR\u2019s John Allen. \u00a0A snip:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s got to be an identification with Jesus as shepherd of his church. The mystery of Jesus is infinite, but there\u2019s a certain dimension of it that\u2019s particularly necessary for being a pastor. Quite apart from personal sanctity, you have to know Jesus enough to represent him to his people, so it\u2019s governance. The issue is governance here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hopefully, he\u2019ll be a pious man \u2026 he better be. Hopefully, he\u2019ll be an intelligent man. He should have a good open personality, which is very important. But all that comes together with the question, can he govern in Christ\u2019s name?<\/p>\n

He also has to know the people. I\u2019ve tried to say again and again, he has to have a heart for the poor around the world. Most Catholics live in poorer countries, and their agenda is very different. In those countries, the church is a beloved institution.<\/p>\n

If you go to the world\u2019s poor, who aren\u2019t going to be on our television sets because they don\u2019t know English and they haven\u2019t had a liberal education, but if you go to the poorest of the poor and ask them about the Catholic church, they love the church. If you ask them about any country, their own or ours, it\u2019s a very different response. The church is a beloved institution among the people who count, who are first in the Kingdom of God. We can forget that too often, in my own country in particular.<\/p>\n

The next pope must have a sense of that, among other things just to keep himself encouraged. It\u2019s a reminder that it does work, the mission is working. The gospel is preached, the sacraments are administered, people are gathered into communities of love. It works. He has to have the confidence born of that sense, that experience, that sort of experience, which will enable him to have the courage that John Paul II showed in addressing the world, and that every evangelist shows. You can\u2019t start out all the time fighting with one had behind your back. When there is a fight, you have to present the fullness of the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s much more and it\u2019s worth the read. \u00a0Check it out.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some ideas, from Chicago\u2019s Cardinal Francis George, interviewed by NCR\u2019s John Allen. \u00a0A snip:\u00a0 There\u2019s got to be an identification with Jesus as shepherd of his church. The mystery of Jesus is infinite, but there\u2019s a certain dimension of it that\u2019s particularly necessary for being a pastor. 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