'See? It’s all up to us – “scientific and technological innovation” and “educating people to a true solidarity” – is all that is necessary. Who needs any theological principles to establish a need for “solidarity”?'
Exactly, John.
However, such a slant on “solidarity” by Pope Francis tends to severely diminish the “oneness in interests and aims” which is the true meaning of solidarity. Christ offers the true meaning.
Thus Matthew Cullinan Hoffman on February 2, 2017 in LifeSiteNews shows how Christ requires us to act.
“Christ both includes and excludes
However, the Sacred Scriptures, as well as traditional Catholic theology and doctrine, offer a very different understanding of the relationship between inclusiveness and mercy. Although the two are, in certain contexts, related, they are quite often seen as opposed to one another, so much so that exclusivity, as much as inclusivity, is understood as an integral part of the virtue of mercy.
Christ himself offers a profound example of mercy and inclusiveness when he forgives those who have repented of their sins and invites them to return to communion with him, such as the woman caught in adultery (John 8: 1-11), and the sinful woman who washes his feet with her tears of remorse (Luke 7: 36-50). He also offers compelling parables of inclusive mercy, such as the prodigal son received by his father after leaving home and living a dissolute life (Luke 15: 11-32).
These examples, however, have a common element: the sinner who is received into communion is always repentant. The mercy of God is offered to all, but only those who renounce their immoral behavior are able to receive it. Full inclusion of the sinner in the Christian community is predicated upon his confession of the Christian faith and his abandonment of grave sin.”
SEE: Is ‘accompanying’ sinners always merciful? Jesus and the early Christians saw it differently
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/is-accompanying-sinners-always-merciful-jesus-and-the-early-christians-saw
The time is ripe for Pope Francis to be called to account to answer the Questions in the Dubia of the cardinals, or face the consequences.
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