ROME – On today's Solemnity of the Epiphany the Holy Father lamented that the Church is often split into groups based on various interpretations of the faith and stressed the importance of communion, saying God must be at the centre of faith, rather than one’s own ideas about it.
Pope Francis's comments came amid a burgeoning controversy over a recent Vatican declaration permitting non-liturgical blessings of same-sex unions, which has revealed strong divisions within Catholicism.
“We need to abandon ecclesial ideologies to find the meaning of Holy Mother Church, the ecclesial attitude. Ecclesial ideologies: no; ecclesial vocation, yes,” he said.
