VATICAN CITY
Catholic Register
Written by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
Thursday, 05 December 2013
VATICAN CITY – For Pope Francis, the reform of the Catholic Church and its structures “isn’t a project, but an exercise of the Spirit” that will take time, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga.
The cardinal, co-ordinator of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals, which is working on the reform of the Roman Curia and advising him on Church governance, spoke about the Pope and his approach during a Dec. 4 book presentation at the Vatican.
Other cardinals on the council were in attendance as well for the presentation of Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro’s book, La Mia Porta ‘E Sempre Aperta (My Door is Always Open), an expanded version of the interview with Pope Francis published in Jesuit periodicals around the world in September.
Rodriguez said the title of the book could well be the main theme of Pope Francis’ pontificate.
“The theme of open doors is central to the preaching of Pope Francis,” he said, and signifies an attitude of trusting and welcoming others, but also — as far as Church doors go — refers to the Pope’s insistence that parishes welcome people in and let the Gospel out into the world.
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