Paul Kazuhiro Mori

“Once I became a priest, I understood that the relationship with others is fundamental. As I encountered social problems and became passionate about them, I saw that the way of the Carmel was not for me. This is why I became a diocesan priest.”

“Social welfare is not just a department, a field of activity. Those who work there should have the awareness that this is the Church itself.”

“The individual is forced into circumstances where he or she must discover his/her own way of life without any help at all. The communities in which modern man now lives are two, school and the workplace, and these, far from giving support and rest, are responsible for severe and ceaseless competition. Given such circumstances, isn't it possible to understand why people would want to escape from it all and make a trial of joining some community that would provide them with a model for living?”

“If the Church is to give a dynamic lead to such people, we must abandon thought patterns and methodology we used until now, and go to meet them where people are drawn to one another at a deeper level.”

“For the Japanese Church to fulfill its common responsibility to society, it is necessary for people, priests and bishops to be united. For that to happen it is vital that information gets through to every single Christian, it is one of the features of modern society that every kind of information finds its way into the living room.”