Boston Cardinal urges Catholics to 'come home' in bicentennial year

Published: 2007-12-13

BOSTON (CNS) -- Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley opened the bicentennial year of the Archdiocese of Boston by urging disillusioned Catholics to "come home" to the faith. "Noah's ark may have sprung a leak, but it is not sinking, and Christ is the captain. To our brothers and sisters in the life rafts, I say, 'We love you, we want you to return to the practice of the faith, to the faith of our ancestors, the faith of the saints, the faith of the apostles,'" Cardinal O'Malley said Dec. 2. The Boston Archdiocese has been working in recent years to rebuild trust among Catholics in the wake of the sex abuse crisis and parish and school closings. The cardinal made the invitation during his homily for the first Sunday of Advent at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The Mass opened a celebration that will follow the liturgical year and will end with the solemnity of Christ the King, Nov. 23.

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