Pope Warns Americans Are In Danger Of A “Soulless Vision of Life”

It’s about time someone in the Catholic heirarchy had the courage to say what the American bishops cannot see for themselves, and no better person to say it that Pope John Paul II:

The American church “is called to respond to the profound religious needs and aspirations of a society increasingly in danger of forgetting its spiritual roots and yielding to a purely materialistic and soulless vision of the world,” John Paul said.

“Taking up this challenge, however, will require a realistic and comprehensive reading of the ‘signs of the times,’ in order to develop a persuasive presentation of the Catholic faith and prepare young people especially to dialogue with their contemporaries about the Christian message and its relevance to the building of a more just, humane and peaceful world.”

John Paul added: “An effective proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary Western society will need to confront directly the widespread spirit of agnosticism and relativism which has cast doubt on reason’s ability to know the truth, which alone satisfies the human heart’s restless quest for meaning.”

Thank you Your Holiness for seeing the forest for the trees.