“The priority is not to expand the Church. The priority is not to be more, to have more baptisms or religious weddings. The priority is to build a world of brothers and sisters with those who share our faith or have a different faith, and with those who have no faith.”

— Cristóbal López Romero

Card. López Romero: I doubted if I should become a priest, but one question changed me https://www.romereports.com/en/2019/10/12/card-lopez-romero-i-doubted-if-i-should-become-a-priest-but-one-question-changed-me/ (12 October 2019)

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