How can Pope Francis lend himself in any activity with the man who will make the Free West the end of an era?
By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 19, 2015
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“Pope Francis' message on global warming was a confusing distraction that dilutes his great moral authority and leadership at a time when it is desperately needed to combat real - and present - crises in the Church and in Western culture. “The encyclical, Laudato Si, On The Care Of Our Common Home lends the weight of the Papacy's authority to the idea of man-made global warming at a time when not only is there more and more evidence that has come forth that global warming is a natural phenomenon, but that there is increasing concern that government "solutions" are keeping people in poverty. “To me this encyclical is most troubling because it comes at a time when Catholics, indeed Christians of all denominations, are facing persecution including torture and death (including crucifixions) in virtually every Muslim majority country and China, as well as a host of moral and spiritual challenges. “While the Pope fiddles with one controversial political issue that is not at the core of spiritual matters, our spiritual culture is burning. “Not the least of these challenges is the increasing secular pressure for the Church to abandon its scriptural teachings on sexual morality, including homosexuality and marriage in favor of acceptance of same-sex "marriage" and other practices directly contradicted by Church doctrine and scripture. “Yet in advance of the vote to legalize same-sex "marriage" in majority Catholic Ireland, the Pope was silent and never put the weight of his authority behind the Church's scriptural teaching that marriage can only be between one man and one woman. "While the Pope fiddles with one controversial political issue that is not at the core of spiritual matters, our spiritual culture is burning. "Not the least of these challenges is the increasing secular pressure for the Church to abandon its scriptural teachings on sexual morality, including homosexuality and marriage in favor of acceptance of same-sex "marriage" and other practices directly contradicted by Church doctrine and scripture. "Yet in advance of the vote to legalize same-sex "marriage" in majority Catholic Ireland, the Pope was silent and never put the weight of his authority behind the Church's scriptural teaching that marriage can only be between one man and one woman. "Likewise, the Church and Western Christian culture face a host of secular challenges to the culture of life that is central to Church doctrine and Christian teaching, but the Pope has yet to lend the weight of an encyclical to this daily battle."”Though Viguerie would have been more fair had he added the words “and protestant pastors too” to his charge that “in recent decades most Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Sisters have abandoned the teaching of morals, he was right on when he provocatively asked:
“When was the last time you heard a sermon on the need to follow God's teachings on divorce, adultery, sex outside of marriage, pornography, illegal drugs, treatment of spouses, children, parents, etc., etc.?”By throwing in with Barack Obama and the hypocritical, money-grubbing United Nations on the scam called man-made global warming, Pope Francis seems to be ignoring the real harm both parties are doing to individual human rights. To this Catholic’s way of thinking, it’s not just that Pope Francis is throwing in with the lib-left and the United Nations on man-made global warming that rankles. It’s knowing that he would talk the same talk and walk the same walk as the man who is unabashedly destroying a country he was elected to serve. Is Rome too far away to see the pain that many in the West see in having to stand hopelessly by watching the world’s once vastly admired leader sinking under the waves? How can Pope Francis lend himself in any activity with the man who will make the Free West the end of an era? Meanwhile, for those Catholics left in despair by the encyclical, asking “What do we do now?” including the two about whom I care the most: Keep the faith. Keep the faith by going over the head of Pope Francis, and by going directly to Jesus in fervent prayer.
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