If at any point beginning October you find yourself strolling around Vatican offices and you hear Pink Floyd, Genesis and some Spanish-speaking rock band, odds are, you found the office of Gustavo Guerra López, recently appointed by Pope Francis to a key role in the Vatican. Guerra López will soon take up his role as the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and could potentially help shape the continental Church for years to come. Crux spoke with Guerra López at length, discussing what Latin America can offer to the global Church, the role of the laity, the synodality experienced in the mystery of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and his fears of becoming “clericalized” by the machinery that is the central government of the Catholic Church.
New official at Vatican’s Latin America office warns against clericalism
New official at Vatican’s Latin America office warns against clericalism
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