February 7 - George Weigel says New Evangelization is future of Catholicism

Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days

Comment from Understand The Times:

It is important that Bible believing Christians understand the true meaning of �Evangelical Catholicism�, also known as the New Evangelization Program. The Roman Catholic agenda is to win the world to the Eucharistic Jesus in order to set up the �Kingdom of God� on earth. The Eucharistic Jesus requires a Roman Catholic priest and the process of transubstantiation. This �Jesus�, which actually is nothing more than a wafer, is placed into a monstrance (container) and is worshipped and adored. This whole process will play a significant role in setting up a One World Religion in the name of Christ that prepares the way for the antichrist

"It is the same Church, the same Faith and above all the same Lord," emphasized Weigel, a noted Catholic commentator and biographer of Pope John Paul II. However, he explained, "the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium" will live out its fidelity "in a distinctive way."

He explained that the deeply cultural Catholicism that emerged during the Counter-Reformation supported the evangelization of the New World, an intellectual counterbalance to the Enlightenment and opposition to the totalitarian political movements of the 20th century. However, this Counter-Reformation Catholicism of history is giving way to what Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI call "the New Evangelization," which Weigel referred to "Evangelical Catholicism."

This new development within Catholicism, he said, is occurring for two reasons.

First, he explained, the New Evangelization reflects a spiritual revival that reflects the Church's continuous "striving to a deeper relationship with her Divine Spouse." With the New Evangelization, he noted, comes a recognition that the Church is called to be "more fully and transparently what she is: the embodiment and continuation of God's redeeming purposes."