We
can’t not exercise the service of
authority: leave everything be, not intervene, not speak the truth which can
hurt but which clarifies and helps us to get back up. We then leave people in
confusion for fear of hurting them or speaking a truth that is not at all
popular and which goes against the ambient culture. This applies to bishops,
priests and pastors. It is a greater charity to communicate a truth that
alienates a person from us for a time, a time during which he can come to
realize that we acted in his favour.
--Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Actualité
et avenir du Concile oecuménique Vatican II
