We welcome and congratulate Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who is elected the new 266th pope
and takes the name Pope Francis I. He comes at a time when the church and the world at large
are going through very difficult times. Pope Francis, who hails from Argentina,
is definitely going to have a tough time putting his house in order with the
numerous scandals involving his clergy. Of late the sex and financial scandals
have shaken the Catholic Church as the moral conscience in the hearts of not
just Christians but the whole human race. Even the most ardent Catholics are
beginning to lose trust in the church for the these scandals are being reported
sensationally by the secular media in Europe and US.
The church under Pope Francis has a monumental task
to deal with these scandals that have marred its role as the moral judge in the
world. From a strong moral enforcer, the church became reduced to a helpless spectator
of moral decay over the last few centuries and today sadly it stands accused of
the very sins it is supposed to fight. Will the new Pope have the will and
energy to re-elevate the church to its traditional role it played in the world
for so many centuries?The church in general is slowly losing touch with the ordinary man in today's complex world. Can the new Pope restore the trust and regain the relevance of the church in the lives of the people? We hope he can or at least try to do his best in the right direction.
The Church urgently needs reforms, really drastic ones, to bring it back into the lives of man once again. These reforms are not about modifying age old rituals or the way we pray and worship but hard measures that reflect truly the virtues of Christ in the world today – love, compassion and humility, which are rapidly being lost from the hearts of man.
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