<div dir="ltr"><div style="float:left;border:0px solid rgb(0,0,0)"><div class=""><div class=""><h1>Pope Francis: The Church argues for unity, not division</h1></div></div><div class="" style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px">2015-05-08<br></div><a href="http://www.romereports.com/pg161360-pope-francis-the-church-argues-for-unity-not-division-en">http://www.romereports.com/pg161360-pope-francis-the-church-argues-for-unity-not-division-en</a><br><br></div><div>In his <span style="font-weight:bold">homily at Casa Santa Marta</span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">the Pope spoke about the <span style="font-weight:bold">power of the Holy Spirit in negotiations and reconciliation</span>.</span>
He said that Christians in the Church <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">should look for "the path of
prayer and dialogue”</span> without encouraging betrayals and internal
"alliances.”</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold">POPE FRANCIS</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">"A
Church where there are never problems of this type makes me think that
the Holy Spirit is not very present within it. And <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>a Church where its
people are always arguing and there are lobbies and people are betraying
their brothers and sisters, is a Church where there is no Holy Spirit!
</b></span>It’s the Spirit which creates change, which creates the momentum for
going ahead, that creates new spaces, that creates that wisdom which
Jesus promised: ‘It will teach you!’ This moves things but is also what
at the end creates the harmonious unity between everyone.”</span></div><div><br></div><div>Pope Francis stressed the unifying <span style="font-weight:bold">role of the Holy Spirit</span>. He remembered during the Mass Our Lady of Lujan, because it is the patron saint of Argentina's feast day. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">EXCERPTS FROM THE POPE'S HOMILY</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">(Source: Vatican Radio)</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>"How
do they resolve this problem? They hold a meeting and each person gives
his opinion, his views. They discuss this issue but like brothers and
sisters and not like enemies. </b></span>They don’t form external lobbies in order
to win, they don’t go to the civil authorities in order to win and they
don’t kill in order to triumph. They seek the path of prayer and
dialogue. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>Those who had <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">opposing views </span>have a dialogue with the other
side and they reach an agreement.</b></span> This is the work of the Holy Spirit.”</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">"A
Church where there are never problems of this type makes me think that
the Holy Spirit is not very present within it. And a Church where its
people are always arguing and there are lobbies and people are betraying
their brothers and sisters, is a Church where there is no Holy Spirit!
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>It’s the Spirit which creates change, which creates the momentum for
going ahead, that creates new spaces, that creates that wisdom which
Jesus promised:</b></span> ‘It will teach you!’ This moves things but is also what
at the end creates the harmonious unity between everyone.”</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic"><br></span></div></div>