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Addressing the"Conference on Popular Piety in the Mediterranean" in Ajaccio, Pope Francis highlights the importance of these expressions of faith as a means of fostering evangelization in our increasingly secularized societies and communities.Far from being an obsolete folkloristic expression, popular piety can be a powerful means for evangelization today, fostering community and belonging, Pope Francis said in his first speech during his Apostolic Journey to Corsica.
This, however, should not lead to “hasty considerations and ideological judgements that, even in our day, would pit Christian culture and secular culture against one another”. Instead, the Pope remarked, “It is important to acknowledge a mutual openness between these two horizons”, also in consideration of the fact that non-believers or those who have distanced themselves from religious practice “are not strangers to the search for truth, justice and solidarity.
By expressing faith through simple gestures and a symbolic language rooted in the culture of the people, the Pope argued, “popular piety reveals God’s presence in the living flesh of history, strengthens the relationship with the Church and often becomes an occasion for encounter, cultural exchange and celebration.”
He also encouraged young Corsicans “to become even more actively involved in social, cultural and political life, inspired by solid ideals and a passion for the common good” and called on the Church’s Pastors and political leaders to remain “close to the people,” attentive to their needs and aspirations."The pastor who does not have this closeness, even to history and culture, is simply 'Monsieur l’Abbé', he is not a pastor," he said.
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