Toward a Holier Catholic Church
Removing Barriers to Evangelization
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Let us first summarize the areas we believe will lead to greater holiness and thus greater evangelization.
We have noted the need for some changes within the hierarchy of our Church - building an internal structure which fosters humility more than arrogance and which also places greater internal reliance on the principle of subsidiarity. Pope Francis has set a wornderful example for a more humble Church.
The two most important tools of new evangelization remain the same as the tools of old evangelization - the Bible and Catechism. We need greater emphasis on Sacred Scripture which is the basic vehicle for teaching our faith along with greater dedication to teaching catechesis from the Catechsim of the Catholic Church or some compendia thereof because it is the "sure norm" of teaching our Catholic faith.
We must make our faith and our religion relevant to the world we live in today. It is important to place emphasis on the soul when stating our beliefs that all life is sacred. Our Lord made that very clear when He told us that the spirit gives life while the flesh is of no avail. We must also take a positive approach in proclaiming the importance the nuclear and natural family plays as the backbone of society.
As individuals each of us must place a greater emphasis on increasing our own holiness. In order to do that we need to reorder the priorities of our life and set aside the things that detract from serving God. Setting aside mammon (worldly distractions) requires us to live a life of simple humility. Such humility allows us to dedicate more time to the things of God, which will mean that we spend less time on serving mammon. Our Lord told us we cannot serve both.
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About the Book
For two thousand years the Roman Catholic Church has survived through many periods of difficult times. The most recent period of clerical sexual abuse has been the cause of considerable angst for the Church and has resulted in some substantial economic losses for many areas within the Church. Through the many hundreds of years following its beginning by Jesus Christ, the Church has maintained a governance structure that has changed very little. The ascendancy of Pope Francis to the papacy has brought considerable emphasis on the importance of humility. That emphasis is sorely needed by the Church. This book will examine some areas of the Church, where its historical governance structure is too often an obstacle to the humility the Pope demonstrates and desires within the Church. The time may have come for the Church to examine its governance structure in order for it to be a holier Church and not to be a barrier to evangelization. However, the Church structure is not the only need for change within the Church. With the many changes that have taken place within the Church there is a need for a renewed emphasis on spiritual simplicity and on the basic lessons of Sacred Scripture and Apostolic Tradition. Such changes can remove the barriers to evangelization and provide a greater appeal for many to find a richer spiritual value within the Church.
About the Author
George E Pfautsch spent most of his working life as a financial executive for a major forest products and paper company. His final years at Potlatch Corporation were spent as the senior vice-president of finance and chief financial officer. Following his retirement, he began writing and speaking about the national morality he believes was intended for this nation by the founding fathers of the country. He is the author of eight previous books, covering the subjects of faith, freedom, morality, and justice. In addition, he is the coauthor of a book written by Melitta Strandberg, which is the story of her family’s quest for freedom, before, during, and after World War II. He is also the coauthor of a book written by Leroy New, the Guitar Wizard of Branson, Missouri. He is married to Dodi, his wife of fifty-two years. He has two children and four grandchildren.