Franciscan University Presents “Forming Young Catholic Leaders” With Guest Peter Blute, Chief Operating Officer of Young Catholic Professionals (youngcatholicprofessionals.org) Excerpts From APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN...
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Franciscan University Presents “Forming Young Catholic Leaders” With Guest Peter Blute, Chief Operating Officer of Young Catholic Professionals (youngcatholicprofessionals.org) Excerpts From APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II ON THE VOCATION AND THE MISSION OF THE LAY FAITHFUL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD (1988) “Because the lay faithful belong to Christ, Lord and King of the Universe, they share in his kingly mission and are called by him to spread that Kingdom in history. They exercise their kingship as Christians, above all in the spiritual combat in which they seek to overcome in themselves the kingdom of sin (cf. Rom 6:12), and then to make a gift of themselves so as to serve, in justice and in charity, Jesus who is himself present in all his brothers and sisters, above all in the very least (cf. Mt 25:40). “But in particular, the lay faithful are called to restore to creation all its original value. In ordering creation to the authentic well
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