Friday, February 14, 2020

The centre seems not to be holding

The world seems to be in strife, and angry too.

World events and trivial incidents show signs of how the centre is not holding.

US President Donald Trump refused to shake hands with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and she in turn, tears up the president's State of the Union speech.

Catholic theologians denounce Pope Francis as a heretic. Among the group is English Dominican Aidan Nichols.

Germany's largest political party, the CDU is divided. The division is so great that the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and recently resigned leader of the CDU Annegret Kramp- Karrenbauer, earlier this week publicly disassociated themselves from members of their own party in the State of Thuringia.

Elected members of Dáil Éireann sing angry and violent songs against the English.

Was there ever a time when the kindness and dignity of the message of the Jesus of the Gospel was so needed?



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