The institutional default positions in Vatican diplomacy do not reflect two lessons taught by the late 20th century, says George Weigel.https://t.co/nhxvQQntVu— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) July 22, 2020
In The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission (recently published by Ignatius Press), I suggest that the institutional default positions in Vatican diplomacy do not reflect two lessons taught by the late 20th century: the only authority the Holy See has in world politics today is moral authority; that moral authority is depleted when the Church fails to speak the truth to power, especially totalitarian and authoritarian power. The truth can be spoken prudently and in charity; but it must be spoken. If the truth is not spoken, the Vatican tacitly confesses its weakness and is always playing defense on a field defined by the enemies of Christ and the Church.
U.S. Bishops urge #POTUS to rescind divisive memorandum excluding undocumented from inclusion in the apportionment of U.S. House of Representative seats: https://t.co/nBaCBIx6K9. pic.twitter.com/A33RrM7X06
— U.S. Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) July 22, 2020
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