Vatican City, Feb 4, 2010 / 15:52 pm
The book "The Difference God Makes: a Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion and Culture" by Cardinal Francis George of Chicago was analyzed in the most recent edition of the Vatican's newspaper. The cardinal's collection of writings was dubbed a "clear, concrete and stimulating" description of the current situation of the Church within the American culture.
L'Osservatore Romano (LOR) commends the cardinal's ability to "articulate the Catholic identity, defining the possibilities and dangers of society and contemporary American culture" as well as his "renewed appeal to evangelization, to joyful sharing of the Good News of Jesus Christ."
Between the three main sections of the book, which pertain to the mission, life and aim of the Church, Cardinal George offers Communion as the "fundamental reality" that unites the three areas in a "complete theological vision."
The cardinal, says the paper, "celebrates the source of Communion in the same life of the One and Triune God and his realization in the Church that, as the Body of Christ, is called to be sacrament of communion, and, thus, salvation for the world."