“We are in very grave danger. We are in danger of worldliness.”
Pope Francis
You won't be reading this in the headline news, you won't be seeing this splashed across various Twitter accounts, you won't see this even in your local diocesan newspaper, and you won't see much of it on Catholic blogs. The silence is already deafening. Our Twitter feed carries the full report from Rome.
A cursory scan of the web this morning, showed that only The Guardian had any news to the keywords: "Pope Francis Assisi worldliness". and they too, to no ones surprise twisted the papal words to mean that he was concerned with material means and ends. Simply, the Pope's words do not fit the narrative.
We are indeed in very grave danger. The spirit of the world pervades everywhere. And it also pervades into Catholic family life, the parishes, the schools leaving decimation in its path. (
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