We can be so focused on our sanctuary, our buildings, and wait for people to come to us.
Pope Francis has told Catholics that they must look outward. He suggests that they might take up methods that have gained large membership for other churches.
The Church of the Nativity still holds to the basics of its religious service, called a Mass. Some parts of it are in Latin.
A woman named Cathy McErlean recently became a Roman Catholic. She says the comparative lack of formality at the Church of the Nativity attracted her.
It was a lot less intimidating than a more traditional Catholic environment.
Still, many former Catholics in the United States have not responded to a welcoming Pope or approved of changes in the service. They have not returned to the faith. They still criticize what they see as the severity of the Churchs teachings. And they still condemn the damage done by the Churchs failure to act against sexual abuse by priests.
And that is our program for today. It was based on reports from reporters Elizabeth Arrott in the Crimean capital Simferopol and Jerome Socolovsky in Timonium, Maryland.
Im Christopher Cruise. I hope you will join us again tomorrow for another As It Is, here on The Voice of America.
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