A civilization inspired by a consumerist, anti-birth mentality is not and cannot ever be a civilization of love.
Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world.
In proclaiming the faith and in administering the sacraments every priest speaks on behalf of Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
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.
There is a disturbing video of a black Hillary Clinton supporter abusing her child because he voted for Donald Trump in the moch school elections. I'll assume that everyone condemns her action so I'll not spend any time on that.
So DeusExMachina thinks that the firing of some scandalous bloggers has more to do with the realisation by the National Catholic Register that earning a living from a dying gang - what he calls "ZombieChurch" - is a bad business modell.
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