We need to come out of ourselves and head for the
periphery. We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a Church that is
wrapped up in its own world: when a Church becomes like this, it grows
sick. It is true that going out onto the street implies the risk of
accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if
the Church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to
choose between a wounded Church that goes out onto the streets and a
sick withdrawn Church, I would definitely choose the first one.
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later on Pope Francis
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