Argentinean cardinal calls on Catholic Action to serve the Church and proclaim the Gospel

Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 23, 2006 / 22:00 pm

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires has called on members of Catholic Action to have a “greater presence on the streets in order to serve the diocesan Church” and effectively communicate the Gospel. 

“God desires a strong Catholic Action” that is present across society, the cardinal said during a closing Mass for the archdiocesan assembly of Catholic Action.  He called on the group to heed the guidance of their bishops and to bring their work to those places where the diocese believes they are most in need.

“May this new assembly of Catholic Action in Buenos Aires be a sending out to the city, to all corners, to the streets to the hearts of each person, guided always by the hand of the Virgin,” the cardinal said.