Things like this crack me up: This is an excerpt from
article that appeared recently, “Ultra-modern Catholic churches ‘sometimes go
wrong,’ failing to reflect the essential elements of the faith, said Cardinal
Gianfraco Ravasi, prefect of the Pontifical Council for Culture.”
Did you even know that we had a Pontifical Council for
Culture? Yet there it is. Is it not amazing that we have a Church that
is so large and can have such a significant sway on the world that we would
even have a need for Pontifical Council for Culture to analyze, report, and
make suggestions for improvement?
As it is said, “Size doesn’t matter.” You might have the largest religion in the
world, but if it isn’t true who cares?
But as it is, the Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church in the
world (even if you add up every Protestant Church in one huge bunch, they would
still not match the number of people in the Catholic Church) AND I happen to
believe that she holds the fullness of truth.
That makes having a Pontifical Council for Culture all that much cooler.
There is a local non-Catholic Church that is very excited
that they now have three campuses in very diverse neighborhoods. We have 221,055 parishes that make just about
anybody’s idea of being diverse silly. And
when other Churches are excited about going to a country where a disaster has occurred
to help, chances are that the Catholic Church has already been there
ministering for as long as people can remember and will be there after the
present emergency has passed. Today, we
will clothe more people, educate more people, feed more people, shelter more
people, give medical treatment to more people than any other institution on the
planet.
And how many organizations out there can go toe to toe with
such institutions as the United States government or with the United
Nations? What other institution out
there is there of this caliber that is still speaking out for the rights of the
unborn? What other powerful group has
not fallen to the pressure of modern cultural pressure who can do something
about it?
Who else has a Pontifical Council for Culture????
2 comments:
In the mid-1980s, a Protestant who had converted to Catholicism cited his personal experience about discussing "current" moral topics with fellow Protestants in a study group.
Inevitably, they wanted to read "what the Catholic Church" had to say about the issue. Eventually he realized that he had to become Catholic.
The Catholic Church is the lone moral authority that isn't changing with societal changes. That's one reason so many hate us and want to break the Church.
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