I think the Pope's concluding statements to this lay group he was speaking to are worth reflecting upon. Not only for you as an individual but for all entities,whether government,nation or church or religion. Those words were:
This does not mean creating a 'global super state' but continuing on the processes underway to increase democratic participation and promote political transparency and accountibility.
Until human beings recognize that the disconnects between their beliefs,words and actions create the confusion and dysfunction rife in todays world (much of it because we can now learn of it through the progress of technology) we are going to be stuck right where we are or sink even lower.
But I'm not quite sure what you meant by the following:
You only harm yourself and the Body of Christ when your natural and supernatural body and soul become separated and start to fragment.
Are you saying that unless my union with Christ takes place along side the fellowship of other Christians, my soul will begin to atrophy? And if so, can you elaborate?
It really is good of you to reach out to me in the way that you did; it is very Christ like.