That was the thrust of the Pope´s message to Father Jesús Maria Lecea Sainz, president of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors.
Officials from 41 national conferences, representing 400,000 religious in the active life, are meeting in Salzburg, Austria, through Sunday to analyze the challenges to religious life in the Old World.
The assembly´s motto is «Cross Over to the Other Side … Do Not Be Afraid.» In this connection, the Pope in his message highlights the discrepancy between the Gospel and religious vows on one hand, and the secularized world on the other.
