Vatican City, Nov 27, 2020 / 07:00 am
In a video message to a Catholic social doctrine conference on Thursday, Pope Francis said that remembering our baptism and the promise of eternal life can help us avoid the temptation to seek "utopia" in this world.
In the message released Nov. 26, he described a positive attitude in which believers are immersed in society yet live their baptism in the light of a future life with God.
"This attitude helps us to overcome the temptation of utopia, to reduce the proclamation of the Gospel to a simple sociological horizon or to get involved in the 'marketing' of various economic theories or political factions," the pope said.
His video message was sent to participants in a Nov. 26-29 online "Festival of Social Doctrine." The Italian event is in its 10th edition, with this year's theme being "Memory of the Future."