Thursday, May 26, 2005

Pope's relationship with Europe

Why the Pope reacting so drastically and appearing to be a religious bully?- to save Europe...
Joseph Ratzinger has focused lately on Europe, condemning what Vatican officials call "Christianophobia," a rejection of the continent's heritage. He has declared this stance by taking the name Benedict XVI, the saint who is responsible for founding the Benedictions which originally spread Christianity through out Europe. It is an interesting twist of fate and coincidence for the Malachy prophecy. But the European churches are now experiencing empty pews, due to public concern with the new pontiff due to his history. This has also caused a media frenzy in Europe, The Sun newspaper’s headline on its front page for Wednesday edition fallowing his election read: "From Hitler Youth to Papa Ratzi," and even the sober Daily Telegraph carried the title "'God's Rottweiler' is the new Pope." An even more stunning development are the approval numbers from Germany it self- it appears that the 'approval rating' for the pope in his home country have plummeted, show this nation is one of the most skeptical of the pope. The church now carries a major burden and might cause a dive in attendance or even a schism with liberal Europeans and global Catholics due to the pope’s present policies and past. this view can originally seem sympathetic to the pope's plight in Europe, however, this view is immensely Eurocentric. It almost appear that Europe is the great continent only worth saving. The pope lacks not only love and mutual respect for other religions and the people in them, but also other Countries or territories and the people in them. He is not a world leader but a white mans leader, ignoring the much greater faltering religious stability in Russia and other socialist or communist countries, over looking the plight in Africa and the hefty difficulties of missionaries' efforts and conversions in Africa, and the failures and unrevealed catholic faith in China's religious restrictive state. this view is a Eurocentric vain ineffective narrow and dangerous line of sight and not the view of a 'global chief' it is an ethnic hierarchy.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/pope.tuesday/

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