The Knights of Columbus just concluded their Supreme Convention in Philadelphia where Vatican Secretary of State, Pietro Cardinal Parolin, offered a greeting from Pope Francis which read in part:
The cornerstone of these [American freedoms that the Holy Father considers worthy of defense] is religious freedom, understood not simply as the liberty to worship as one chooses, but also, for individuals and institutions, to speak and act in accordance with the dictates of their conscience.
To the extent that this right is menaced, whether by invasive public policies, or by the growing influence of a culture which sets alleged personal rights above the common good, there is need for a mobilization of consciences on the part of all those citizens who, regardless of party or creed, are concerned for the overall welfare of society.The degree to which the current crop of leaders in Rome is diabolically disoriented is utterly staggering.
In their minds, infected with conciliar improprieties, every individual human being has a God-given right to worship whatever false deity their corrupted little consciences can conjure up; a proposition clearly and consistently condemned by numerous popes.
While the undernourished might find in the above statement a praiseworthy counter to the strategy, popular among liberals, to supplant “freedom of religion” with “freedom of worship,” notice that the liberty of the Holy Catholic Church is reduced in this treatment to that which must only be tolerated, her doctrines to little more than opinions, and her precepts to acceptable modes of behavior that are strictly optional. (more...)
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