Article: A wise church opts for milder medicine.(threatening excommunication is excessive)(Column)

According to Catholic belief, the church is the body of Christ, the people of God the temple of the Holy Spirit -- and more. The late Pope Paul VI reminded us at the opening of the second session of the Second Vatican Council in 1963 that the church is a mystery, that is, "a reality imbued with the hidden presence of God."

The church exists to continue the work of Christ, that the reign of God might come.

First, it proclaims the Good News of God's all-embracing love for us and of the promise of eternal life. It does this in its preaching, its formal teaching, its catechesis and its theologies.

Second, the church continues Christ's worship of God in the ...

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