Abandon superficiality in favor of complete conversion, says pope

Feb-17-2010
By Carol Glatz and Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY

(CNS) -- The Lenten season calls Christians to strip themselves of evil, superficiality and lukewarm morality and to turn themselves fully over to Jesus Christ, said Pope Benedict XVI.

"Conversion means to change the direction in life's journey, not by making tiny adjustments, but by an authentic and real about-face," he said during his weekly general audience Feb. 17, Ash Wednesday.

"The call for conversion strips bare and denounces the easy superficiality that very often characterizes our way of life," he said. the rest