Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
Celibacy is always, shall we say, an affront to what man normally thinks. It is something that can be done, and is only credible, if there is a God and if celibacy is my doorway into the kingdom of God.
A civilization inspired by a consumerist, anti-birth mentality is not and cannot ever be a civilization of love.
Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable. But it is the way to holiness, to peace, and to inner freedom. A pastoral approach which truly wants to help the people concerned must always be grounded in the truth. In the end, only the truth can be pastoral.
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
The ever no-holds-barred Mundabor concludes one of his well-justified tirades against Bergoglio's 'fake news' claptrap with the following words:
Pope Entirely Demented would be, no doubt, a huge improvement on Pope Francis.
I couldn't possibly agree more! Pope in-a-coma would be better than Bergoglio.
There is a very good documentary on the breakdown on Swedish society as impacted by its ridiculous social policies. This one deals almost exclusively with immigration.
It has been done by non-Swedes from all appearances but whoever did it had done his/her homework, as many of the points are those which are easily glossed over by others who speak of the place.
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