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Future Portuguese cardinal on World Youth Day: ‘We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ’

July 11, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Auxiliary Bishop Américo Alves Aguiar of Lisbon, 49, is among the 21 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on July 9.

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  • Posted by: Randal Mandock - Jul. 11, 2023 6:35 PM ET USA

    Since there no longer is a hell (Amoris Laetitia 297), there is no reason to proselytize (aka, evangelize), and even lesser reason to explain Christ to anyone who asks a reason for our faith. I quote from Amoris Laetitia 297: "No one can be condemned for ever, because that is not the logic of the Gospel! Here I am not speaking only of the divorced and remarried, but of everyone, in whatever situation they find themselves." I suppose they will blame this strange saying of Francis on Vatican II.

  • Posted by: IM4HIM - Jul. 11, 2023 9:26 AM ET USA

    Using his own logic maybe he should resign from his position since he thinks it’s not important to profess the Catholic faith.