“To a certain extent Christianity is always going to be counter-cultural. It cannot become a religious apology for what contemporary culture happens to believe at any moment in time. But at the same time we have to translate the realities of the Gospel in ways that can be understood by modern culture, and restructure the Christian narrative in ways that are more accessible to people today, without diluting the Christian message. In other words, we need new evangelization.”

— Fr. Allan White, O.P., assistant to the master of the Order of Preachers in Rome.
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