The secular media keeps writing
about the Catholic Church being “troubled” or “in crisis.” At first I thought this was amusing. But it’s starting to annoy me. This is what
happens when no one read Dante’s Divine Comedy!
I do not in any way mean to downplay
the tragedy of the scandals of the last few years and the inexcusable events
that precipitated them.
However, currently…
-- The pope is not in jail awaiting
execution. (First 300 years or so.)
-- The pope is not in Avignon
-- Catholicism is legal in England
and all of the 50 United States.
-- Only one person is claiming the
papacy, unless you count Pope Michael I of Kansas.
-- The pope doesn’t have a mistress
or an army.
-- Half of the Church isn’t
following the Arian heresy
-- There isn’t an army advancing on
Rome.
-- The pope isn’t fleeing for his life to the fort of Sant Angelo, to cite one of many examples of the pope's person being threatened.
--the Nazis aren’t encircled around
Vatican City.
Looked at from the perspective of
history, the Roman Catholic Church has been in far worse straits. She is still beset by foe without and
traitor within, but just because the gates of Hell aren’t going to prevail
against her (Matthew 16:18), it doesn’t mean they won’t try…..
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