Comment from UTT:
While the pope has spoken out against idolatry, he apparently does not understand what idolatry is. World wide the Catholic church displays numerous objects that are "venerated," that by definition, are idols.
September 13 - Pope: with Christ, flee from the idols that alienate man
Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days
Paris (AsianNews) - With a
complete overturning of the Marxist theory on religion as the "opium
of the people", and of Enlightenment rationalism, on the uselessness
of God in life, Benedict XVI today claimed that Christ,
the Eucharist, the Mass, help man to
free himself from the "idols" that, as in ancient paganism,
"constituted a powerful source of alienation and diverted man from
his true destiny". And precisely in order to free man from the
prison of the idols, the pope invited the young people to follow the
call to the priestly and religious vocation.
Beginning with the appeal from the
apostle Paul to "Shun the worship of idols" (1 Cor. 10:14), the
pontiff explained what idols are:
"The word 'idol' comes from the Greek and means 'image', 'figure',
'representation', but also 'ghost', 'phantom', 'vain appearance'. An
idol is a delusion, for it turns its worshipper away from reality
and places him in the kingdom of mere appearances.
"Communion with the Body of Christ", the Eucharist,
is the means by which we are helped to free ourselves from idols,
because we discover the true face of God:
And again: "The Mass invites us to
discern what, in ourselves, is obedient to the Spirit of God and
what, in ourselves, is attuned to the spirit of evil".
"He alone [Christ present in the
Eucharist] teaches us to shun idols, the illusions of our minds".
The urgency of
celebrating the Eucharist as an instrument of truth for the faithful
and for the world impelled the pope to make an appeal to the young
people: "Do not be afraid! Do not be afraid to
give your life to Christ! Nothing will ever replace the ministry of
priests at the heart of the Church!
Nothing will ever replace a Mass for the salvation of the world!
