Popes Gone Secular?

I accept that the Pope did say what he was quoted as saying in regards to specific situations where condom use may be acceptable. The Pope was not pleased afterward when he realized how he was used by this secular German writer.

Somewhat the same, Archbishop Ambrozic of Toronto felt betrayed by up and coming secular writer, Michael Coren when he felt betrayed by Coren's use of his relaxed off- the- record comment calling a left wing attention seeking former nun "the bitch" when "nut' would have at least been more acceptable in my opinion.

Hopefully, the lesson learned here is that Archbishops and especially Popes should not be granting interviews, especially week-long ones with secular writers no matter if they are of the same nationality. After all, hopefully if Archbishops and Popes have so much down-time it should not be spent granting secular interviews and being easily trapped by the snares of the Devil as the St. Michael Prayer goes.

Popes are expected to proclaim such important 'news' in official statements and encyclicals not with tabloid reporters.

Who arranges these interviews? The same P.R. Prks. who thought George Bush needed to meet rock Zombie, Ozzy Ozborne?

As for the statement itself, it does not hold up well to the logical 'Truth' of Christ at all, but to the secular excuse as with many evils of temporary personal excuse fueled with personal emotion.

To say condoms are okay in any text is to okay the underlying behaviour, only worse, to add fuel to the underlying behaviour. "Fuel" in the form of many more bodies and souls to the fire than already being burnt up, than would otherwise be 'taking the chance' in this case, purely for narcissistic gratification and pleasure.

Of course, the Pope knows this and realizes now that he made a monumental error under the understandable personal wish to be caring to all, no matter their plight, as he should, but without ever giving the Devil an inch such as was the collapse of the significance of Catholicism in Canada with the Bishops going on their own  with the Winnipeg statement that told Canadian women that birth control, free sex, and abortion was okay if their personal conscience was okay with it. 

This was not an inch, but a complete capitulation to the Devil who can now call much of Canada... home. 

As with the Old Testament, there were also very practical reasons for not engaging in immoral behaviour as we can certainly see today.  To aim for the top, the Word of Christ, is to lesson pain in death in the long run and it is also to never legitimize immoral behaviour (as in secular law in many instances now) to stir the conscience, and to seek repentance. The conscience indeed is every one's lifelong moral teacher (some would call it the Holy Ghost).

Popular modern trend and psychology would have us believe everything we do is 'okay' to make us 'feel' better.

Let's not undermine the Holy Ghost and confuse men into secular acceptance of evil for all our own good.

Paul Gordon
Ont. Canada