New Scottish bishop lives in low-income housing area
A newly installed Scottish bishop has taken up residence in a parish house in a low-income housing area, rather than in the more opulent episcopal residence."[Pope] Francis dreams, and so do I, of a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets and not clinging to its own security," Bishop John Keenan of Paisley said in an interview with The Herald.
"He doesn't want, neither do I, a Church with a tomb psychology which transforms Christians into mummies in a museum," he added. "When people see a Church not just giving to the poor and the excluded but being among them and living with them joyfully, then they will really begin to believe there is a way out of the vicious cycle of living for yourself in your own little bubble."
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