Vatican spokesman: Look on world as a field ready for the harvest, not as an ‘abyss of perdition’
November 10, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: A Vatican spokesman published an editorial, “Secularization and the reflected light of little Bethlehem,” in which he offered reflections on a papal address in Uruguay.
Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, wrote that “ we are called to reflect the light of Another, not our own. This means placing our trust solely in God’s strength, and not in our own strength, our numbers or our structures.”
Tornielli added, “This is how the Christian faith spread and reached us: thanks to the witness of those who have looked upon the world as a field ready for harvest, rather than as an abyss of perdition, staking their lives on the Gospel and, through grace, reflecting its light.”
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