Cardinal Tagle: Friendship reveals the face of Jesus and the Church - Vatican News
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Cardinal Jose Advincula urged Catholics at the 12th Philippine Conference on the New Evangelization to embrace authentic friendship as a path to evangelization, making the face of Jesus and the Church visible. Cardinal Tagle stressed that genuine friendship requires openness, patience, and the courage to speak the truth with love, and that friendship has a missionary dimension. He encouraged not to be afraid to build friendships, as seeds sown now become harvest of vocation. Cardinal Advincula reflected on Mary's example, where love never forces but accompanies. The conference invites rediscovering friendship as communion and mission in a divided world.