Serving the Church and pursuing power are incompatible
(AGI) Vatican City, Oct 18 - To serve the Church while pursuingpower is incompatible, said Pope Francis on Sunday in hishomily during the celebration of the Rite of Canonisation ofthe parents of Saint Teresina of Lisieux, Fr Vincenzo Grossiand a Spanish nun. He said: "There can be no compatibilitybetween a worldly understanding of power and the humble servicewhich must characterize authority according to Jesus' teachingand example. Ambition and careerism are incompatible withChristian discipleship; honour, success, fame and worldlytriumphs are incompatible with the logic of Christ crucified." "Yesterday, today and always, the