Pope warns: "Ideologies are trying to turn the Church into a political party".

In his last audience, before beginning his Lenten spiritual exercises, the Pope spoke of the threat of ideologies explaining that ideologies try to make the Church a political party.

Pope Francis' constant warnings against ideologies have a common thread: instead of getting lost in them, the Church must focus on its mission in the world.

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