Obedience and Full Communion with the Pope
Don Dolindo Ruotolo (1882-1970) was an Italian priest who endured persecution and false accusations from church authorities, yet he never rebelled or separated himself from the Catholic Church. As he wrote in his Commentary on the Book of Numbers:
“God does not call anyone to carry out such a reform, but when He wants to do it, He raises up providential leaders within it who carry out His will. God directly raises up in the Church only souls who, groaning and sacrificing themselves in humility and obedience, cast into it the holy leaven of a new life, or vivify in it the hidden seeds of its fruitful richness. These souls, even when persecuted and contradicted, do not rebel, but prophesy with humility, pain, example, prayers, and bear the Cross, which is the most beautiful sign of the Spirit of God.”
