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Cardinal warns against being silent, in error about Catholic faith CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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Chinese Catholics venerate ancestors in welcoming New Year
Bishop Ignatius Wang, born in Beijing and ordained in Hong Kong before his long service as priest and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, leads the Ancestor Veneration Rite at Chinese New Year Mass Feb. 9 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The veneration prayer asks God “to renew all creation” and in “following the tradition handed down to us, we reverently offer you incense, flowers, fruits and wine.”
VATICAN CITY – To keep silent about the truths of the Catholic faith or to teach the contrary is a form of religious deception that comes from the antiChrist, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller. The purpose of the church and its members, he said, is to lead people to Jesus, so all Catholics, but especially priests and bishops, “have a responsibility to recall these fundamental truths” and to strengthen the faith “by confessing the truth which is Jesus Christ himself.” The German theologian, who was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 to 2017, wrote what he called a “Manifesto of SEE CARDINAL, PAGE 16
Conference explores laity’s responsibility for church NICHOLAS WOLFRAM SMITH CATHOLIC SAN FRANCISCO
While lay men and women have taken on more roles in the church, a recent conference in Berkeley took a deeper look at the vocation of the laity and their connection to the mission of the church. At the annual convocation of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology’s College of Fellows Feb. 1 and 2, participants discussed the ways the laity are active in the church today, and how their role could be expanded. The conference’s theme – “The Role of the Laity in the Church Today” – was selected early last year, the school’s communications direc-
‘The parish has always been the place where Catholic community thrives, but this is becoming less and less the case. Faith formation is not happening well from the pulpit, within the parish or in our Catholic schools.’ DOMINICAN FATHER MICHAEL SWEENEY
for the laity, said Father Sweeney. “All agency is in the hands of sacramental ministers, since they control the means of saving souls,” he said. As a result, he said, lay Catholics tend to identify the church with the hierarchy. But significant changes have occurred in parishes, Father Sweeney said. “The parish has always been the place where Catholic community thrives, but this is becoming less and less the case. Faith formation is not happening well from the pulpit, within the parish or in our Catholic schools.” The Second Vatican Council and subsequent papal documents such as Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation
In his opening talk, Dominican tor Heidi McKenna told Catholic Father Michael Sweeney, the school’s San Francisco, but the clergy abuse past president, spoke about two parascandals made the theme “even more digms of the church’s mission: care for timely.” souls and proclamation of the Gospel. The convocation every year brings Care for souls, which focuses on the together Catholic laity to discuss isway to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. parish as the center of the church’s sues facing the church from a multi-A personal a flag honoring your loved military service it removes anyone's significant roleand would like to donate disciplinary perspective. If you have receivedmission, SEE CONFERENCE, PAGE 20
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