If Christianity is being criticised and misunderstood today, it is due to shortcomings from the clergy commu-nity, said Cardinal George Alencherry. He was speaking at Priests’ Grand Conference on August 2 at the Sehion Retreat centre in Attapady near Palakkad.
Siting the example of Jesus Christ, the cardinal urged the congregation to never preach for publicity. He reminded priests to lead the community in a transparent and innocent manner and to not exercise undue authority .
The Cardinal expressed grief at the fact that Chri-stianity seems to be in a state of decline in some countries, and some of the services of the Church have become merely symbolic.
More than 15 bishops and around 1360 priests, including world renowned evange-lists are attending the six-day reside-ntial conference at the Sehion Retreat center in Attapady near
The program is led by Fr Xavier Khan Vattayil , founder-director of Sehion Ministries and world renowned charismatic preacher.
