Card. Crist\u00f3bal L\u00f3pez Romero, 67, is a Salesian. He has been the archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, for a year and a half, after serving as a missionary in Bolivia and Paraguay.<\/p>\n
CARD. CRIST\u00d3BAL L\u00d3PEZ ROMERO<\/strong> He feels deeply attached to three continents. He was born in Spain, lived most of his life in South America, and is now in Morocco. This is a life he could have never imagined.<\/p>\n CARD. CRIST\u00d3BAL L\u00d3PEZ ROMERO<\/strong> He has lived in very different cultures and circumstances, but according to him, the Catholic Church\u2019s priority is always the same.<\/p>\n CARD. CRIST\u00d3BAL L\u00d3PEZ ROMERO<\/strong> By making him cardinal, the pope ensures that the whole Church will see the concerns and strengths in places where Christians are a minority and have to earn a place in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 12, 2019. The archbishop of Rabat is Spanish, but he has lived on three continents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oc2U4Xi7G98","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcardlopezromeroeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bcardlopezromeroint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47546"}],"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=47546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nArchbishop of Rabat (Morocco)
\n\u201cI was fine. I was happy finishing theology, I was doubtful and asked, \u2018Why should I become a priest if I already feel complete, fulfilled, and if I lack nothing?\u2019 Someone had to come and gave me a push, telling me, \u2018Do you think the priesthood is for oneself?\u2019 The question isn\u2019t if you need to be a priest for yourself. The question is if young people need priests to care for them. Sure, as a Salesian, I always had to answer that question with: I am here to do Your will.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nArchbishop of Rabat (Morocco)
\n\u201cOn my way to Bolivia, I boarded the plane. Despite the flight being so short, they give you a juice box and some cookies. On the juice box was the airline\u2019s slogan. It was \u201cLet yourself be taken.\u201d For me that has been and will continue to be a life motto. \u201cLet yourself be taken.\u201d It\u2019s as if God is telling me: I am the One who directs your life. That has always helped me because whenever I\u2019ve been in some sort of difficulty, I\u2019ve been able to protest and say, \u201cLord, I did not come here. You brought me here and now, please get me out of this mess.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nArchbishop of Rabat (Morocco)
\n \u201cThe priority is not to expand the Church. The priority is not to be more, to have more baptisms or religious weddings. The priority is to build a world of brothers and sisters with those who share our faith or have a different faith, and with those who have no faith.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n