Mike Lewis, over at Where Peter Is, chimes in about the whole kerfuffle in Charlotte. That is where some documents were apparently leaked (a popular trend I'm no fan of) that suggested a willingness by Bishop Martin of Charlotte to go after the Latin Mass in a way that would make McCarthy blush. There was backlash, not surprisingly.
The whole assault on the Latin Mass and the traditions of the Church, that reached a fever pitch during the pontificate of Pope Francis, is one of those things that reminds me I'm Catholic. Because as goofy as Christians can be in living up to Jesus' observations about the Children of Light v. the Children of this age, Catholicism usually wins hands down.
At a time when the world is pulling itself apart, suffering and misery exploding, paganism is coming back in vogue, global elitists are musing about euthanasia, human sacrifice and even cannibalism, and a growing number of people are leaving the Faith or staying and insisting they don't buy most of the BS anyway - an entire swath of Church leadership has decided the important thing is to abolish the Latin Mass. You know, that part of Catholicism that even non-Catholics have traditionally associated with the Church. It's like the Allies saying in 1944 that before we storm Normandy, we need to take care of these squirrels in the yard.
Eh. That's the Catholic Church for you. Lewis' take is everything you would expect from Lewis or any contributor at Where Peter Is. But most who visit my blog have likely seen responses from those upset at Bishop Martin's actions, so this is another point of view.
FWIW, the only reason I went there was to see if anyone at the site has mentioned Pope Leo's June 1st emphasis on the families, babies, moms and dads and all, as the rest of the world moved into the month of pride as virtue where sex is concerned. So far, unless they have a hidden page, the answer would be no.
Liberal "christianity" exists for one reason and one reason only: to endorse the world and the world's conceits. It is antichrist doing karaoke. --- G. Poulin
ReplyDeleteKaraoke antichrist. I like that. It certainly has little connection to the historical Faith. What stuns me is that the same approach was taken by various mainline Protestant denominations over the years, and each and everyone one was shrunk and withered away as a result. Just why Catholics think they can do the same with different results is beyond me.
DeleteProgressives don't care whether the church lives or dies. Christianity isn't their religion. They prove this on a daily basis. They will continue to put up their rainbow flags in front of their church buildings, knowing full well that the next thing to go up will be the "for sale" sign. Do they care? Not at all. --- G. Poulin
DeleteA big part of the problem is that many progressives don't even believe it. That's not an accusation. They admit it. In my ministry days, I had more than a few colleagues who made it clear they rejected much, if not most, of the Faith as anything but legends and fairy tales. How prevalent that is in Catholicism I don't know. I do know poll after study after survey finds many Catholics don't believe some basic Catholic doctrines, nor do they care about the Church's teachings in various moral fields. And in those cases, they almost always swing politically and culturally left of center. I suppose, in lieu of anything else.
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