"The defense of the non-negotiable values also requires a form of struggle. It means opposing erroneous laws, on the streets, in parliament and in the media. One has to fight so that such a law is not adopted. Likewise, a just law must be defended against attacks from the bench. [...] The defense and promotion of the non-negotiable principles calls for fighting spirit. But this understanding now no longer exists in the minds of many Christians.
One thinks, for example, that it correct, appropriate and also Christian to show the beauty of faith, instead of directly opposing things that are wrong. It is thought that the faith is perceived on the latter way as an opposition, negation, more of a say no to this, than as a proclamation. Many think that Christian parents should witness the beauty of this, instead of going into the street to prevent others not doing these things.
In my view, this reference to the positive is true and important in the proclamation. First comes the proclamation, then the accusation. The positive always has priority. It is impossible, however, to proclaim the good without fighting the evil. Without this component the mere testimony of the positives is an alibi for lack of commitment.
Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, Bishop of Trieste, in his book: A compromesso alcuno. Fede e politica dei principi non negoziabili (Uncompromisingly. Faith and politics of the non-negotiable values), Siena, Cantagalli, 2014, p 37-38.
From 1994, Undersecretary and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, from 2001, secretary, was appointed in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI as Bishop of Trieste and appointed simultaneously to Archbishop ad personam. He is founder and Presideny of the International Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân for the Social Doctrine of the Church.
Image: Diocese Trieste (Screenshot)
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Too late now---Catholics have been neutered by a relentless preaching and teaching of a false, pacifist charity expressly designed to neutralize them and render them cowardly and passive. Fait accompli by the Modernists while the remaining (not for long)orthodox prelates and priests wring their hands in agony like the polite Victorian ladies at high tea that they are. Edmund
ReplyDeleteOh, ok. Hell has prevailed. Gotcha.
DeleteNo, hell has not prevailed nor can it. Just like all Catholics, I believe the words of Christ. To speak of a dire current situation---evident for all to see---in the Church is not the same as conceding final victory to the Devil. Got me now? Better to reserve that acrid sarcasm for the real enemies rather than for the brothers in the Faith, even when you disagree. You weaken the cause further and the Enemy rejoices; you seem to have trouble grasping that. Edmund
ReplyDeleteYou sound like you've given up.
DeleteFar from it---I have been in the fight for Tradition (taking the lead in helping with the establishment of chapels where the true Faith is taught and practiced in Florida and Pennsylvania) since exactly 1976 and have not for one moment given up. To be realistic about the desperate situation brought about by Francis the Heretic and to express disgust at clerical cowardice and inaction do not equal giving up. Edmund
ReplyDeleteSo the "church" is just you and a few scattered individuals who attend Sede chapels of a particular Sede stripe. Wonderful.
DeleteI have never once attended a sedevacantist chapel, Sir, so think before you offer your absurd non-sequiturs. Not that I owe you any explanations, but just to be clear: The chapels I have attended for the last forty years have been independent chapels of solid diocesan priests who accept the tragedy that the See of Rome is occupied by legitimate but bad popes or SSPX chapels. You should consult with a good confessor about your need to slander people you do not know. One need not be a sedevacantist to take note of the great betrayal of the clergy, which you, inconsistently, engage in this blog all the time. I have quite a clear notion from Catholic Tradition who the Church is and where She is, so take some medication for your paranoia regarding the sedevacantists---whom I dislike perhaps as much as you for the clerical bullies and self-appointed "doctors" of the Church that many of them seem to believe they are. Your irrepressible need for unfounded ad hominem attacks betray a type of mental illness (often seen in this blog in your attacks of perfectly decent contributors), so I will not waste my time any more on some childish ping-pong about the obvious that everyone knows, including you: the Catholic flock has been abandoned by their pastors (with the possible exception of Bishop Schneider). Anything else you may want to indulge in deducing is the result of your own strange fantasies, not the reality of people you do not even know. Sometimes I wonder if you are a real traditionalist or an agent provocateur, given the way you treat sincere Catholics who contribute to your blog. Edmund
ReplyDeleteHear, hear Edmund although I wouldn't put much if any long term trust in +Athanasius, auxiliary bishops of Astana. He will only go just far enough to satisfy his supporters and benefactors while avoiding a situation whereby he might compromise his episcopal appointment. He is just winging it at the moment I think.
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