As bishop of Rome, Pope Francis has often spoken about how bishops can be better pastors to the communities they serve. <\/p>\n
While ordaining new bishops, the Pope stressed that the primary responsibility of a bishop is prayer. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS In an address to the presidents of the European Bishops' Conference, Pope Francis explained that the aim of bishops should be to live out the Gospel, and not to advance in the Church's hierarchy. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS The Pope urged bishops from South Korea to avoid falling into a comfortable Catholicism, but rather to embrace the zeal of the martyrs who came before them. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Above all he reminds bishops to remember that their position is not one of privilege, but of service. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Almost thirty years after first being ordained a bishop, Pope Francis has ample experience of what it means to be a pastor to the people.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 23, 2021. Throughout his pontificate, the bishop of Rome has often given advice on how to be a better pastors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/61RD23fXnCw","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapaconsiglivescovieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapaconsiglivescoviint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Oct. 17, 2021
\n\u201cThe first duty of a bishop is to pray\u2014not like a parrot\u2014to pray with the heart, pray. \u201cI don't have time.\u201d No. Remove the other things, but praying is a bishop's first duty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sep. 23, 2021
\n'This can be our own problem: concentrating on various positions in the Church, on discussions, agendas and strategies, and losing sight of the real program, that of the Gospel: the impulse of charity, the fervor of gratuity.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Mar. 12, 2015
\n'The devil is clever and will propose religious comfort, \u201cWe are good Catholics, but only up to here.\u201d And he will take away your strength. Do not forget, please: you are children of martyrs and apostolic zeal cannot be negotiated.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Nov. 12, 2014
\n'One doesn't become a bishop, priest or deacon because they're more intelligent, greater or better than others, but rather it's a gift. A gift of love given by God through the power of the Holy Spirit, for the good of the people.'<\/em><\/p>\n