CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS CORRECTNESS AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

   

CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS CORRECTNESS AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

In pursuit of the truth - http://www.cinopsbegone.blogspot.com - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016

 

September 13 - Cardinal Ratzinger's book, "Co-Workers of the Truth" Daily Meditations.

 

"In the Christian catalogue of virtues, despair - that is, the radical opposite of faith and hope - listed as a sin against the Holy Spirit, because it fails to take into account his power to heal and to forgive and thus rejects redemption.

 

Correspondingly, in the new religious (catholic), "pessimism" is the sin of all sins, for doubt with regard to optimism, progress, and utopia is a frontal attack on the spirit of the age: a contesting of its fundamental credo, on which its certainty rests, although it is , constantly threatened in view of all the weakness of talk about a "make-believe" God.

 

All this was brought to my mind again about the debate occasioned by the publication in 1985 of my "Report on the State of the Church" [published in English as The Ratzinger  Report. An exclusive interview on the State of the Church (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1985)]

 

The indignation aroused by this simple book climaxed  in the condemnation: a pessimistic book.

 

In many places, attempts were made to prevent the sale of it because a heresy of such magnitude was just not to be tolerated. Those who subscribed to this public opinion put the book on the Index of Forbidden Books: the new Inquisition revealed its strength.

 

It was once again evident that there is no greater sin against the spirit of the age than to put oneself in a position where one can be accused of a lack of optimism.

 

The question was certainly not: "Is what has been said true or not true? Are the diagnosis right or wrong?" I have been able to find no evidence that anyone took the trouble to investigate such outmoded questions.  The criterion was very simple: "Is it or is it not optimistic? And given this criterion, the book was, of course, condemned."

 

Commentary:

 

What does all of the above mean? We have an attitude that is not interested in the pursuit of the truth and solving problems. We have a false reality and a sick optimism. When it comes to the elephant in the room, any thought on the Catholic-in-name-only politician is a No, No.

 

So when V.P. candidate Senator Tim Kaine predicts Catholic Church will change on same-sex 'marriage' just as he did. we don't want to talk about it or think it through. Pessimism is a sin.

 

Ref. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/kaine-predicts-catholic-church-will-change-on-same-sex marriage-just-as he did

 

Also when the Hill publishes an article about Tim Kaine's Radical Roots by Ken Blackwell, that will be suppressed. "Reports indicate that in Honduras, "Mr. Kaine embraced an interpretation of the gospel, known as liberation theology." St. John Paul II blasted this theology.

 

Ref. htp://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-biog/presidential-campaign/295229-tim-kaines-radical-roots

 

The bottom line is that all Catholic-in-name-only politicians influence a lot of Catholic voters and for the destruction of our Catholic beliefs.

 

George H. Kubeck