Originally published at National Catholic Register
Cardinal Czerny stated that he and other ordained leaders in the Church have to recognize their explicit mission and role to support the Holy Father and of ‘giving our lives’ to serve the Catholic faithful.
Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, hopes the legacy of the Synod on Synodality launched by Pope Francis will be the implementation of the Second Vatican Council in order to exercise the mission of Jesus Christ in the modern-day world.
“The central insight of Vatican II is that we are all enjoying equal dignity as Christians by our baptism,” the Canadian cardinal shared with EWTN News hosts Catherine Hadro and Matthew Bunson.
“It is as the people of God that we walk together — who are ordained, or in authority, or both — are at the service of God’s people,” he elaborated. “This kind of service needs to be refreshed and, in a certain sense, brought up to date.”
To “more effectively, more flexibly, [and] more generously”
