The Church should reject “anti-intellectualism” when witnessing to the world, according to a bishop speaking before approximately 8,000 Catholic students.
Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, who also founded Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, addressed a Fellowship of Catholic University Students conference in Chicago on Wednesday.
In his remarks, Bishop Barron talked about the problem with St. Francis’ famous statement “preach the Gospel and when necessary use words.”
Barron spoke of having a “cordial dislike” of the phrase and argued that according to at least one scholar, Francis likely never said the often quoted remark.
“The danger is that statement can be used as a justification for a kind of anti-intellectualism. It can be used as a justification for a kind of pastoral reductionism,” stated Barron.
“This is not the time for anti-intellectualism in our Church. We have lots of young people, you know them, they’re your colleagues and friends, who are leaving the Church for intellectual…
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