“If everything continues as it was, if we spend our days content that ‘this is the way things have always been done,’ then the gift vanishes, smothered by the ashes of fear and concern for defending the status quo.”—Pope Francis
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Extraordinary to think of how many theologians in the past paid a high price for believing and saying this.

Oct 27, 2019 · 2:55 AM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Isn't the Pope referring to pastoral practice rather than theological formulations?
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Not so different. St John XXIII said the same at Vatican II. ncronline.org/blogs/essays-t…
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
and still do....