Wisdom of Pope Pius XII

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JMJ

Rorate has a post that needs to be reposted ... many times!!!

Now, it is well known what the totalitarian and anti-religious State requires and expects from her [the Church] as the price for her tolerance and her problematic recognition. That is, it would desire:  

• a Church which remains silent, when she should speak out; 

• a Church which weakens the law of God, adapting it to the taste of human desires, when she should loudly proclaim and defend it;  

• a Church which detaches herself from the unwavering foundation upon which Christ built her, in order to repose comfortably on the shifting sands of the opinions of the day or to give herself up to the passing current; 

• a Church which does not withstand the oppression of conscience and does not protect the legitimate rights and the just liberties of the people; 

• a Church which, with indecorous servility, remains enclosed within the four walls of the temple, which forgets the divine mandate received from Christ: Go forth to the street corners (Matt 22:9), teach all peoples (Matt 28:19).  

Is this the Church whom you venerate and love? Would you recognize in such a Church the features of your Mother’s face? Can you imagine a Successor of the first Peter, who would bow to similar demands?  

Well, I know a number of Modern Catholics how have difficulty with Church Teaching and obviously we don't need to use our imagination to conjure up a Pope would would bow to such demands.

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