Below are two tweets. The first is from US Dominican priest Pius Pietrzyk. The second is a tweet retweeted by US Jesuit priest James Martin.
Wouldn't you much prefer to be a Jesuit, at least on this account.
While I think refraining from attacking the faith of another is just simple courtesy, there's a problem with the view below. It reflects the modernist tendency to make faith completely subjective. We don't believe that as Catholics. Faith's object isn't my opinion, it's Truth
John Gehring: "Questioning an individual’s deepest commitments to his faith is religious slander. The fact that pastors are engaged in such behavior makes it all the more disturbing."
The argument presented by Pius Pietrzyk shows the deep incompatibility of the position of many right-wing Catholics with the basic values of modern societies, including democracy. The end-point of his logic is a Catholic version of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
ReplyDeleteHis argument is no more than a modern iteration of the concept that "error has no rights", a phrase which can be traced back to one of the most inconsidered documents ever issued by a pope; Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors (1864).
Thank you for your wisdom. And common sense too.
ReplyDeleteI have form here so I'll confine myself to saying I agree with Francis Hunt.
ReplyDeleteBut Póló, I fully agree with you.
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