Blog Novus Ordo Watch calls it the "Luv Logo" in a piece entitled
'Vatican's Luv Logo for Francis Trip to United States Lacks Minor Detail: The Cross'.
No mention of Christ and Cross would be akin to the celebration of Holy Mass without Communion; reading a Bible that skips over the Passion of Christ.
Yet as the
popular Fr. Z has pointed out, the far left perceive Francis as "
the most wonderfullest fluffiest Pope ehvur!"
"Days after the
ugly and ambiguous logo for the"Year of Mercy" 2015-16 was revealed, the Vatican has now unveiled the emblem for the next item on the Francis Show: Jorge Bergoglio's visit to the United States of America in September 2015. You can see the logo as released by the so-called"United States Conference of Catholic Bishops" above" (
Novus Ordo Watch).
And if you always thought that Obama's rising sun logo was vainglorious, take a gander at the Pope's.
""Overall, the logo appears rather sterile, with no clear identity other than the figure that has its back turned toward you. But really, replace the illustration of Francis with one of the Dalai Lama, and it would fit just as much. As well it should, for it might as well be the Dalai Lama that comes to visit--the message preached will substantially be the same." (Novus Ordo Watch)
It's funny, however, that this emblem has Francis' back towards the viewer. Haven't we been told since the 1960s that having your back to the people is just soo insensitive and offensive? Or is that only true when you can turn your back on the Tabernacle at the same time?
"While this design is a lot less bad than what one could have expected, given prior history (
remember the Philippines?), we notice the striking absence of a crucifix, or at least a cross--you know, that minor detail that says that it's not about Francis but about Christ ("But we preach Christ crucified..." [1 Cor 1:23]). Ah, well, but then that would be false advertising, so it's actually a good thing there is nothing even remotely resembling a cross, lest anyone mistakenly associate Francis' Masonic-Modernist Naturalism for Christianity.
"The official slogan to go with this logo is "Love is our Mission"--wish that it were so!The absence of a crucifix or cross is your first indicator that the"love" which Francis is on a mission for is not the love of genuine Christian charity (we recall also
his "mission" to the rabbis here). No, Francis' mission is not true love, the love of charity as commanded by God towards Him and our fellow-man for His sake (see Mt 22:36-40); no, Bergoglio preaches a corrupted version of charity, not "love" but "luv". We have written on this before: His "luv" consists of a shallow, insincere, and worldly compassion-for-show that focuses only on the needs of the body while craftily starving the soul. Of course the needs of the body are important, but they are subordinate to the needs of the soul, which are of much greater importance. All feeding of the homeless will do them no good if they are not also helped spiritually so they can reach eternal salvation. For the body will necessarily face the corruption of the grave before long, but the soul will live unto eternity (with the body then resurrected, either to glory or to shame--cf. Jn 5:29):"And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell" (Mt 10:28)."
Remember the sweet little girl in the Philippines that cried in front of Francis because she saw the great evil of suffering among the children there, especially through child prostitution, and she was struggling to understand how a good God could allow this? Instead of nourishing her tender soul with the sweet milk of the saving Gospel, which alone gives the true sense of all suffering and the great merit to be derived especially from the suffering of the innocent, if born patiently and with resignation to God's will, he simply gave her a hug (that's the
shallowand
phonypart of his"mercy" and"luv"). Certainly, this hug gave her some consolation for a brief moment, but what he did then was inject a venomous lie into the sweet soul of that dear child. He said to her, "There is no answer." Now
thatwas cruel.
That is what will stay with the girl long after the comfort of the hug is gone.
That is what will make her doubt God, or hate God, and perhaps even despair.
"The world, of course, loves what Francis did, because it's a great photo combined with a great soundbite, displaying his supposed "humility" by claiming we do not know the answer to this all-important question. In reality, what Francis did was neither merciful, nor compassionate, nor charitable. In the true sense of the word, he
scandalized the little girl and all who listened to him, by putting a stumbling block into their spiritual path."
The times they are changing.
Tragically, since Obama came into office, the cult of celebrity has soared to breath-taking heights.
Running counter to human dignity, it suffuses our Pop Culture (the mainstream media promoted Kardashians); the election campaigns of presidents (Obama's faux Greek temple presentation in Denver, and now, God help us, in the presentation without mention of Christ and His Cross by the Vicar of Christ.
Millions of Catholics lined up to see him; millions more will take part in Philadelphia's iconic Mass. But it is in the secular world, where Francis could have made a real difference.
Instead as he wings his way back to Rome, there are so many who will say that when he came to America, the emperor was wearing no clothes.
What was so conspicuously missing during the historic visit of Pope Francis to America: not even a passing mention of our Savior Jesus Christ, in his address to Congress and the General Assembly of the United Nations; any sign of the Savior's revered Cross.
President Barack Obama was criticized for ordering all religious symbols covered up when he delivered remarks on the economy at Georgetown University in 2009. But his arrogant demands were at least kept front and center by some quarters of the mainstream media.
On this his last day on American soil, the Jesuit Pope has skirted criticism from all but the less trafficked blogs for a logo that comes straight from a sort of Charlie Brown celebrity cult; in which the Vatican has allowed Francis to become a caricature of himself.
