"The religious also are today tempted to use rich temporal means. But the effort should be to live up to their religious vows and not to rely on rich temporal means. Prayer, asceticism, self renunciation, poverty and suffering should resume their hold on religious life, or else, the religious will be less effective in their apostolate. We all have to be ready to preach the Gospel without any secular interests motivating us."
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Joseph Powathil
Joseph Powathil (14 August 1930 – 18 March 2023) was an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Changanassery.
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