In a spirited sermon at the city of Porto, the Holy Father urged all to shun complacency and take Christ’s mandate to heart to announce the gospel to all.
“We must overcome the temptation to restrict ourselves to what we already have, or think we have, safely in our possession: it would be sure death in terms of the Church’s presence in the world; the Church, for that matter, can only be missionary, in the outward movement of the Spirit. From its origins, the Christian people has clearly recognized the importance of communicating the Good News of Jesus to those who did not yet know him.” Full text of address is here.
