Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent. β¨ Pope Francis (2014). My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change, p.55, A&C Black
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