26 November, 2013

Pope Francis: No more business as usual – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

Pope Francis: No more business as usual – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs: (CNN) - Pope Francis on Tuesday called for big changes in the Roman Catholic Church – including at the very top – saying the church needs to rethink old rules and customs that are no longer understood or effective for evangelization.

"I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security," the Pope said in a major new statement.

"I do not want a Church concerned with being at the center and then ends by being caught up in a web of obsessions and procedures," Francis added.