"Active participation of lay faithful in the evangelisation mission of the Church is neither a question of substitution nor ambition for power: it is a sacramental need which comes to us from baptism and confirmation."
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Cardinal Eduardo PIRONIO (President of the Pontifical Council for Laity, Vatican City) (1994) The African Synod
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Eduardo Francisco Pironio
Eduardo Francisco Pironio (3 December 1920 – 5 February 1998) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church.
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