“Groups - the so-called traditionalists and progressivists - are also a problem that takes up a great deal of our time and energy. Here there is a danger of slightly losing sight of our main task which is to announce the Gospel and communicate Church doctrine in a concrete way. We are certain that there is no alternative to God’s revelation through Jesus Christ. The Revelation responds to the great questions mankind has always had throughout the ages…”

The newly-elected Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Gerhard Müller, said this in an interview with the Holy See’s official daily broadsheet, L’Osservatore Romano.

In response to a question on the transformation of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, instigated by Paul VI, the new Prefect commented: “The Church is above all a community of faith and so revealed faith is the most important asset. We must therefore pass it on, announce and look after it. Jesus entrusted Peter and his successors with the universal magisterium and the dicastery must work in service of this magisterium…

"I think the most important aspect of the dicastery’s transformation” was to do with “the principal direction of its work. Pope Paul VI wanted the positive aspect to be highlighted: the Congregation must, above all, promote faith and make it understandable. This is crucial. Another important point is that faith must be defended against errors and corruption. At this present time we need hope and impetus to move forward.

"If we look at the world, particularly at our European countries, which are naturally the ones I most familiar with, we see many politicians and economists accomplishing extraordinary things; but they are not the first people we should look at when it comes to transmitting faith and trust.”

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Source: Vatican Insider/La Stampa