Cardinal Sarah: Those who want to eradicate poverty make Christ a liar – they are mistaken and lying”
Cardinal Sarah: Those who want to eradicate poverty make Christ a liar – they are mistaken and lying”
This is Part 2 of excerpts from Cardinal Sarah’s book God or Nothing. See Part 1, Cardinal Sarah: ambiguities on doctrine can lead to dangerous opinions .
July 1, 2016
(LifeSiteNews) – This is my second
article of excerpts from Cardinal Sarah's book because of the excellent
teachings for our times that it contains. These are MUST READS as far as
I am concerned and provide clear guidance at this time of confusion and
distortions of truth.
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Truth is charity
Below he addresses the many influential or small-minded critics who insist that we must just pray and remain silent about the damaging programs and statements we see and hear and not speak out in order to protect life, family, faith and truth.
p.143 It is a
lack of charity to shut one's eyes. It is a lack of charity to remain silent in
the face of confusing words and slogans!
The atheistic West is endangering the whole world
Cardinal Sarah is aware of the great dangers to the entire world of today’s situation in especially the European Union, the United States and Canada.
p.146 I think that the immense economic, military, technological, and media influence of a godless West could be a disaster for the world. If the West does not convert to Christ, it could end up making the whole world pagan; the philosophy of unbelief feverishly seeks followers in new parts of the globe. In this sense, we are facing an atheism that is proselytizing more and more. The pagan culture is determined to extend the domain of its struggle against God. In order to bring about their rebirth, the former countries of the old Christian tradition need to re-energize by embarking on a new evangelization.
P.148 Following Benedict XVI, I am convinced that one of the most important tasks of the church is to make the West rediscover the radiant face of Jesus. If the Old Continent cuts itself off from its roots definitively, I fear that it will cause a major crisis for all mankind, and I see some beginnings of it here and there.
The absolute need to defend the traditions and doctrines of Catholicism
p.147 we have an urgent obligation, says St. Athanasius, to study “the ancient tradition, teaching and faith of the Catholic Church, which was revealed by the Lord, proclaimed by the apostles, and guarded by the Fathers. For upon this faith the church is built, and if anyone were to lapse from it, he would no longer be a Christian either in fact or name.”
