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dark and wide gap' between Ch, poor-Catholic Manila Archibishop

By Nidz Godino

"…Our local Church is far from being Church of the poor that we aspire to be…the Church does not know the poor and the poor do not know the Church," Speaking during Mass at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino's chapel in Rome, Catholic Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila admitted "dark and wide gap" between Church and the poor in the country.

"Now, more than ever," Church is called to be more in solidarity with the poor and marginalized sectors of society," Advincula said saying "our poor and marginalized brethren feel that their views and values are disregarded in our Church communities and organizations.

The cardinal said "disturbing realizations" came during recent national synodal consultations held in Tagaytay City recently.

Saying that distributing dole out is not enough, he stressed the need for the Church to be "immersed deep enough in the lives of the poor so that we smell like the poor".

"We must immerse ourselves in the life of the poor, be friends with them, journey with them, empower them for mission, include them in the life and activity of the Church and advocate for their dignity," Advincula said.

Reflecting on the day's Gospel readings, he said that the faithful are pointed to virtue of Christian humility, which not only entails docility and heavenly orientation, but also solidarity with the lowly.

Humility, according to him, is more than just ascetic denial of worldly pleasures and prestige, or willingness to suffer shame and dishonor.

"True humility must be expressed as solidarity with the last, the least, and the lost among us," he stressed.

The Manila archbishop is currently in Rome after attending consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Aug. 27.

He is also taking part in the two-day extraordinary consistory, which started on Aug. 29, called by Pope Francis.

Members of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines earlier owned up to their shortcomings why country is still "far from our dream of Church of the poor."

"We saw gaps and closed doors in our work of evangelization…we saw shadows," read a statement released by the Church leaders following the National Synodal Consultation held in Tagaytay City.

The bishops vowed to "open doors for us all to go out and set forth once again for mission" and "to seek out those who are far, different, excluded."

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