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Davenport-Based Bishop Optimistic About Church’s Future with Francis

By on March 14, 2013
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS A NEW LEADER AND LOCAL BISHOP MARTIN AMOS SAYS THE SIMPLE, MODEST LIFE POPE FRANCIS HAS CHOSEN, MUCH LIKE ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, SHOULD BE EXCITING TO HIS FOLLOWERS BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE WANTED. 

POPE FRANCIS IS WHAT’S KNOWN AS A JESUIT, WHICH MEANS HE FOLLOWS THE TEACHINGS OF ST. IGNATIUS — SCHOLARSHIP, HEALTHY SKEPTICISM AND A DEEP DEVOTION TO THE CHURCH.  THE BISHOP SAYS THE PONTIFF IS INHERITING A CHURCH WITH MANY SERIOUS CHALLENGES, BUT A HISTORY OF MEETING CRISES HEAD-ON AND A FUTURE THAT INCLUDES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH A DEEP FAITH IN GOD’S TEACHINGS.