The Church is not a bureaucratic organization, but a love story.
This was Pope Francis' message during Wednesday's Mass in
the Chapel of the Casa Santa Marta. In his homily, the Pope
warned against being tempted to make "deals" simply to get
"more partners in this enterprise." Instead, he said, "the road
that Jesus willed for His Church is otherwise: the way of
difficulties, the way of the Cross, the way of persecution . . . And
this makes us wonder: what is this Church? Because it seems it
is not a human enterprise." The Church, he said, is "something
else." The disciples do not make the Church -- they are the
messengers sent by Jesus. And Christ was sent by the Father:
"The Church begins there," he s