tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post5370159131371434423..comments2024-03-27T15:00:33.760+00:00Comments on Catholic Commentary: Can personal values be detached from Christian belief? UPDATEDJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-67357916030016454182017-12-28T10:07:41.247+00:002017-12-28T10:07:41.247+00:00Pope Francis has now made a point very similar to ...Pope Francis has now made a point very similar to that made in this post, in his General Audience address on the Wednesday between Christmas and New Year (http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/audiences/2017/documents/papa-francesco_20171227_udienza-generale.html):<br /><br />Ai nostri tempi, specialmente in Europa, assistiamo a una specie di “snaturamento” del Natale: in nome di un falso rispetto che non è cristiano, che spesso nasconde la volontà di emarginare la fede, si elimina dalla festa ogni riferimento alla nascita di Gesù. Ma in realtà questo avvenimento è l’unico vero Natale! Senza Gesù non c’è Natale; c'è un'altra festa, ma non il Natale. <br /><br />In our times, especially in Europe, we see a kind of "denaturing" of Christmas: in the name of a false respect that is not Christian, which often hides a wish to marginalise the faith, all reference to the birth of Jesus is eliminated from the feast. But in reality this event is the only true Christmas! Without Jesus there is no Christmas; it is another feast, but it is not Christmas.<br /><br /><br />Listen again to Jeremy Corbyn and Vince Cable, and you cannot but see Pope Francis' point exemplified.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.com