The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by attra…

Pope Benedict XVI
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The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by attraction: just as Christ draws all to himself by the power of his love, culminating in the sacrifice of the Cross, so the Church fulfills her mission.
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