[NYer]

Ping!

[sten]

not exactly a shocking revelation

[Le Chien Rouge]

Quite a bit of hostility directed at Christians in the US is coming from WITHIN many Protestant Churches and especially Roman Catholic Parishes.

Too many lefty priest and ministers are embracing liberation theology as well as economic justice beliefs while at the same time marginalizing those with their Churches who disagree with them.

If you are a Christian who is pro-life,pro family and anti collectivist, you will be attacked by lay church members as well as the clergy.

[perplyone]

Has he taken a look at our Muslim-in-Chief lately? Just sayin’
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[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Actually the majority of Americans are not hostile towards the real religion of peace, but the media and the non-Constitutionalist Despot Politicians would have the public believe otherwise.

[OrangeHoof]

Evil never likes to be identified for what it is.

[1010RD]

In Illinois homosexuality is more important than children. The Pope is spot on. Unless Catholics come home and live their religion this terrible trend will continue. Only Catholics can turn things around in Illinois. They must reject the liberal tyranny over their fellow human beings.

[RichInOC]

Pope Benedict has a talent for dry understatement.

[GreyFriar]

Yeah, Verily.

[narses]

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[cloudmountain]

Our beloved Pope is always so clear, lucic and absolutely correct. What a MARVELOUS successor to St. Peter. We are so lucky, aren’t we?

[mitch5501]

"In a meeting with various U.S. Bishops today, Pope Benedict XVI said that the consensus which once existed in America supporting “ethical principles deriving from nature and nature’s God,” has faded. “Today that consensus has eroded significantly in the face of powerful new cultural currents which are not only directly opposed to core moral teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition, but increasingly hostile to Christianity as such,” he said."

I think the consensus existed because more folks feared God back then.They believed in nature's God because nature all around them pointed to Him.They didn't have the problem of trying to intellectualise away Genesis 1:1.

It is man's reliance on man's wisdom that eroded that consensus,not the powerfull new cultural trends.Rather the new cultural trends have sprung from that eroded consensus.