Catholic and Loving it!

The word on the street says there's a "Doctrinal Note on some aspects of Evangelization" on the way. The Vatican website has notes and everything.

As ever, Cardinal Arinze doesn't mince his words:

"Provided that it is done with full respect for their human dignity and freedom," Arinze -- himself an adolescent convert -- said that "if a Christian did not try to spread the Gospel by sharing the excelling knowledge of Jesus Christ with others, we could suspect that Christian either of lack of total conviction on the faith, or of selfishness and laziness in not wanting to share the full and abundant means of salvation with his fellow human beings."

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St. Francis did not say "Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary" But Francis Cardinal Arinze does say "spread the Gospel by sharing the excelling knowledge of Jesus Christ with others".

He also says that if you don't try to spread the Gospel then it's a "lack of total conviction" or "selfishness and laziness".