ROME - Eight months into his headline-grabbing papacy, Pope Francis issued a wide-ranging manifesto Tuesday in which he sharply criticizes the excesses of capitalism and says he wants a decentralized Roman Catholic Church that is "Bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets." Vatican expert John Allen, writing in the National Catholic Reporter, compared "The Joy of the Gospel" to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, noting that Francis begins by describing a dream of a church that is driven by a missionary impulse, not "Self-preservation." The manifesto is characterized by this missionary zeal and warns against a church "Which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security." On the Vatican's opposition to abortion, Francis says the church "Cannot be expected to change her position on this question." Francis devoted much of the space in "The Joy of the Gospel" to the work of the priesthood and the proclamation of the church's Gospel, including sections with elaborate discussions about how to preach.
Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES
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