Reforming the Church Begins with the Heart As we look at the life of St. Charles Borromeo, we’re reminded that the renewal of the Church — and the world — starts not in grand reformations or public campaigns, but in the quiet conversion of each human heart. St. Charles lived in a time of deep corruption and confusion, both within the Church and society. Yet his response was not outrage or despair, but purification. He reformed his own soul first, and from there, his holiness became contagious. F