There is a blog piece from Fr. Z that really interests me and that is the speech given by Marc Cardinal Ouellet of Quebec and Primate of Canada. In the 127 Supreme Annual Convention of the Knights of Columbus, the Cardinal decried the lack of support that Pope Benedict XVI received from some leaders of the Church. the Cardinal Spoke of the need for unity. Here are some qoutes from his speech and I hope that it sank into the ears and hearts of Catholics specially some Bishops who never stood to defend the truth. A true shepehered is not afraid of the wolves but takes the stand to defend the flock.
"It is fully time to take action and stand with our Holy Father who is himself so admirably peaceful and coherent in fulfilling all his duties. We are greatly blessed by the quality of his teaching.""At every level of leadership in the Church, unity with Peter and solidarity with him has not been a great achievement in this past year,"
"Let us ask the Holy Spirit to help us all to give stronger witness to our loving loyalty to the Church and its Chief Shepherd, successor of Peter," he said. "Unity in the Church is the key to the realization of its mission."
"When there is a lack of unity within the Church we quickly see a decline in vocations and in Church attendance and disintegration of family life,"
To the Cardinal Primate of Canada, may your kind increase. Thank you so much for defending our faith. The faithful will always look forward to their leaders for guidance. The truth of the Faith will always remain no matter how unpopular it is.
The Pope has taken the extra mile to bring the Society of St. Pius into communion with the Church. The Pope has spoken that the use of condom is morally wrong. And the world protested. Yes no matter how unpopular, these are truths - Artificial Contraception is morally wrong. And serving unity for all in the church is the duty of the Pontiff.
Let us pray harder for our Pope.
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