At Mass at the Casa Santa Marta [on or about "15 November 2018" [2]], the Pope comments on the day’s Gospel, saying that the Church is made manifest “in the Eucharist and in good works.” [Emphasis original.]
The Church grows “in simplicity, in silence, in praise, in the Eucharistic sacrifice, in fraternal community, where all are loved,” and none are rejected. That was the message of Pope Francis during the daily Mass celebrated in the chapel at Casa Santa Marta. Commenting on the day’s Gospel (Lk 17:20-25), the Pope said that the Kingdom of God “is not spectacular,” and that it grows in silence. [Emphasis original.]
Good works don’t make the news
The Church, he said, is manifested “in the Eucharist and in good works,” even if they don’t “make the news.” The Bride of Christ has a temperament given to silence; she produces fruit “without making a fuss,” without “sounding the trumpet, like the Pharisees”: [Emphasis original.]
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The good works of the Church that "is manifested in the Eucharist and in good works" are not in the news because Bergoglio himself does not bring them to the forefront. Bergoglio seems to be mostly preoccupied with political matters both internal and external and obsessed with power, relegating the Eucharist, the Church and the true Word of God to the sidelines. Thus, it is no surprise that the article cited has this caption: "Good works don't make the news."
[1] http://catholic.net/op/articles/5150/martyrdom-doesnt-make-the-news.html
[2] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope-francis/mass-casa-santa-marta/2018-11/pope-francis-homily-daily-mass-martyrdom-does-not-make-news.html
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