In an age that often seems to be a "carnival of worldly curiosity," Christians are called to lead people to the solid ground of the Gospel like St. Dominic did, Pope Francis said.
"We are moving in a so-called 'liquid society,' which is without fixed points, scattered, deprived of solid and stable reference points, a culture of the ephemeral, of the use-and-dispose," the Pope told members of the Dominican order.
At Rome's Basilica of St John Lateran, the Pope celebrated Mass on January 21 with the Order of Preachers, founded 800 years ago, and with women religious and lay people who trace their spirituality to St Dominic.
