The following comes from a July 19 story on the Catholic Culture website.
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia explained the new strategic vision of the Pontifical Academy for Life in an interview with Austen Ivereigh for Crux.
The Italian prelate brushed aside criticism that the Pontifical Academy has downgraded its commitment to the pro-life struggle, explaining that the institution will now pursue a more diverse agenda. He spoke about a commitment to the environment, observing that in the Book of Genesis, God gives Adam and Eve a mandate to care for his Creation.
Archbishop Paglia criticized groups that oppose abortion without also devoting attention to issues such as the environment and the death penalty, and questioned the effectiveness of organizations that may be “stuck in a fortress raising the flags of a few principles.”
“We have now the urgent task of broadening our vision,” the archbishop said.
wouldn’t it be slightly more straightforward to just rename it ‘the pontifical institute for environmental studies’?
There is no greater issue than the protection of the unborn and an end to all abortion in America and around the entire world. With all due respect to the Archbishop the unborn are God’s number one creation. Just think since abortion was made legal in America in 1973 close to 60 Million unborn baby children have been killed by abortion. When you add the figures worldwide that number goes up into the hundreds of millions. If modern civilization does not deal with the abortion of the unborn Almighty God will punish humanity in the very near future. Time is running out for mankind. After all the unborn are our future. End abortion now! Adoption is the loving option. Pray America Pray.
Criticizes pro-lifers for “raising the flags of a few principles”-
Not raising the flag for an unborn may prevent that person from raising any flags
Groups, such as pro-life/anti-abortion groups, need to be tightly focused in their mission. Otherwise what will they accomplish?
There is nothing (except lack of time) to prevent the people in those groups from also being committed to and working for other causes (such as the environment as an example used in the quoted article).
I truly wonder what “life” the Pontifical Academy of Life is planning to deal with…
It other words, the “more diverse agenda” means they will
be carrying out the George Soros globalists’ agenda.
This article raises “elephant in the room” issues that separate many Catholics. Being anti-abortion (which we should all be) isn’t the same as being pro-life. Pro-life includes an abhorrence of abortion and a number of other things: Good healthcare for all (the U.S. ranks 5th highest in child mortality in the industrialized world), clean water and clean air, preservation of the Amazon which furnishes the oxygen we breath, clean oceans, minimum use of those fossil fuels that pollute the air, preserving life to its natural end, and so many other things. Adoption is a great alternative to abortion, but that child needs good food, a good education and the ability to work with dignity and fair wages. Life is complex. Being Catholic…
The deflection is not new, recall the phrase “seamless garment.” You want to talk about abortion? I want to talk about your carbon footprint. And those opposed to slavery were insufficiently concerned with the meat packing industry. “Broadening our vision” translates to “look over there.”
AAA+ response, Vince (not Vincenzo Paglio)..
How about we start forming pro-spiritual-life groups that would oppose anything from any priest or bishop, including the bishop of Rome, that promotes the culture of spiritual death in the Church?
I think he should go back to his wiccan forest and tend to life of trees.
CHURCH APPROVED MESSAGE OF OUR LADY OF AKITA, JAPAN
October 13, 1973
“The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres…churches and altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.” — Church Approved Message of Our Lady of Akita. Japan
“The demon will be especially implacable against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be no longer…
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If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them.- October 13, 1973 – Church Approved Message of Our Lady of Akita
Notorious abortionist lauded by Pope Francis to speak at Catholic church in Italy = COMPROMISES
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/notorious-abortionist-lauded-by-pope-francis-to-speak-at-catholic-church-in?utm_content=buffer33e9d
vs.
Bishop Paprocki: Abp. Chaput is right to deny Communion to ‘remarried’ Catholics = TRUTH
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/illinois-bishop-defends-church-doctrine-chaput
Msgr. Swetland’s confusions
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2017/07/msgr-swetlands-confusions.html
Msgr. Stuart Swetland is a theologian and the president of Donnelly College. You might recall that, almost a year ago, he gained some notoriety for his bizarre opinion that having a positive view of Islam is nothing less than a requirement of Catholic orthodoxy. As that episode indicates, the monsignor is not the surest of guides to what the Church teaches.
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Msgr. Swetland’s confusions (continued)
If there were any lingering doubt about that, it was dispelled by his performance during my radio debate with him last week on the subject of capital punishment.
https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2017/07/msgr-swetlands-confusions.html
Whose team is this guy on?
George Soros and the 0.5%.
To begin, this man — Abp. Paglia — should not even be a priest, much less a senior Vatican leader. His blasphemous mural at the Cathedral Church of Terni-Narni-Amelia is obviously homoerotic. Imagine a man like this confecting the body and blood of our Lord.
Second, his “brushing aside” the simpleton notions that the Catholic Academy for Life shows his contempt for true Catholic teachings. No, Archbishop, the “seamless garment” is not Catholic doctrine; and yes, Archbishop, abortion is unspeakably worse than environmental pollution. Global warming means nothing in a theological sense. What a complete fool.
Thanks to him who signs himself St. Christopher for mentioning the Cathedral Church of Terni-Narni-Amelia. A picture of the mural in question and an article about it in LifeNews is here:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/leading-vatican-archbishop-featured-in-homoerotic-painting-he-commissioned
The artist provides comments and the advice he was given by the Archbishop.
If I had not seen this with my own eyes, I would not have believed such a mural could possibly be located in a Catholic church. Archbishop Paglia and those who allow him to remain in office are a scandal.
It’s definitely a new “church”, with new leadership…as demonstrated by iron-pumping new Jorge-Bergoglio-cardinal Joseph Tobin (Newark, NJ), who recently prominently welcomed “gay couples” to his archdiocese, then afterwards wanted to impress, apparently (one photo worth a 1001 words):
https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/previews/item/3294-july-20-2017
Bishop T, you actually get more workout from doing 40-50 pushups a day—but what a photo-op!
I once attended a CA Bar ‘Continuing Legal Education’ class at the supposedly ‘catholic’ (small ‘c’) Santa Clara university – which is actually a bastion of the MISANDRY (Hatred of Men & Boys, Masculinity & Normal Heterosexuality) that pervades the pathetic farce of Academentia.
The CLE class allegedly dealt with “Conversation Across Differences” but was actually a One Way Mau Mauing of those denigrated as ‘Whites’ and Non Homosex Citizens, and of course Religions (like Catholics) that Failed to Pander to their radical Misandrist agenda.
I was not allowed to finish the class, and was told by Security (summoned by the radical feminist chief mau mau artiste ‘Perfesser’ Wildman) – that I was barred from finishing a class I had…
– I was barred from finishing a class I had paid for because I was seen using the notebook supplied at registration to “Take Notes” – as in “Writing Down What People Were Saying”.
When I pointed out that I was a legitimate attendee at a State Bar Credited class I had already paid for – Wildman sent word that I should Commit Fraud and put in for the Full Credit for all the hours of class.
As for what so upset her about my Note Taking, here are a few Quotes from my Class Notes – which the Twysted Systers running the place did not want recorded – by politically Un-Good Attendees at least:
Frances Kendall (a Caucasoid Female – Lauded as a “Legend of Diversity”) stated:
“White Women Reinforce the Superiority of Whiteness”;
&…
Frances Kendall (a Caucasoid Female – Lauded as a “Legend of Diversity”) stated:
“White Women Reinforce the Superiority of Whiteness”;
& “White Women are the Greatest Enemy of Blacks”;
Self Identified Dyke Kendall went on to discuss her choice to join with ‘Dykes of Color’: “ I will not surround myself with only White ‘Dykes’”;
Kendall also opined on the Private Property Rights Advocates as: “People who insist in being in charge of their own land are like White Supremacists in Idaho or the Tea Party.”
SEE
Frances Kendall | UC Berkeley – Graduate School of Education
gse.berkeley.edu/people/1046477
Frances Kendall. Primary … Kendall was recently named a “Pioneer of Diversity” by Profiles in Diversity Journal and a…