[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[ADSUM]

Is this what the Church leadership is doing - Closing their eyes (with some exceptions)?

While it is better for us not to dwell on evil so that we that we become one with Christ, how can we ignore the evil that continues to affect the world and our Church?

[Bigg Red]

Sadly, this bleeds over into news coverage as well, where every sort of strange psychological, addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behavior is trotted out for our consumption. The overall effect is to normalize bad or dysfunctional behavior, exaggerate its extent in the population, and make a public spectacle of it. All of this serves to desensitize us to its sinful, even tragic, roots.

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Boy! Does he hit the nail on the head there. So sick of the grief porn every time there is a big tragic event. The news readers love putting on the somber faces and trotting out the annoying music to accompany videos of the mourners.

Great essay.