Pope speaks of darkness
Pope Benedict said last night that the world was in the grip of Satan and prayed for mankind to open its eyes to the "filth around us".
At an Easter ceremony that recreated the passage of Jesus Christ to the crucifixion, Benedict XVI lashed out at man's "decadent narcissism".
He said "a slick campaign of propaganda is spreading an inane apologia of evil, a senseless cult of Satan".
The Good Friday service, held at the Colosseum, showed the 14 stages of Christ's suffering and was designed to allow worshippers to share in the agony of Jesus. During the first and final stage, the Pope carried the cross.
The prayers, written by Archbishop Angelo Comastri, the Vatican City's vicar general, were approved by the Pope, and reflected his strongly conservative outlook.
"Surely God is deeply pained by the attack on the family," the Pope said. "Today we seem to be witnessing a kind of anti-Genesis, a counter-plan, a diabolical pride aimed at eliminating the family." Read it all here: The Pope: Society values 'immorality and selfishness'
Mark
5 comments:
Bld:
Yes, I agree with his comments, too. I have great respect for this Pope. He is a beacon of light in a sea of darkness. The Archbishop of Canterbury looks so small by comparison with him.
What the Pope says, of course, is true.
By the way, I have added the link to the article in The Telegraph now. I couldn't earlier as I think Blogger was experiencing technical problems.
Thank you, too, for your kind words yesterday about my book. I appreciated them very much. I just haven't had the chance to get back to answering each and every comment yet.
The Pope has spoken the truth. This new Pope appears to be a man strong in his convictions. Maybe he can get the Catholic Church to pay attention to the evils of Islam as well.
Always:
Well stated! The Church in general seems to have lost all sense of history.
This may be somewhat OT, but does anyone know what the Pope is going to do about the nutcase from Iran?
I just
read that he (Ahmadinejad) has already had "conversations" with the 12th imam, Mahdi, and he fancies himself one of the select few "nails" that the Mahdi is using to hasten his return.
This is really disturbing-- the guy is much more disturbed than I realized. I had no idea he was having conversations and meetings with the Mahdi.
*shudder*
Heather:
This may be somewhat OT, but does anyone know what the Pope is going to do about the nutcase from Iran?
Yes, he has called for negotiations. That's disappointing, but I suppose we can expect little else. He can hardly call for war, can he?
As we all know, negotiations will never work with idiots like Ahmadinejad.
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