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ROME REPORTS TV News Agency - LIVE FROM THE VATICAN

ROME REPORTS TV News Agency - LIVE FROM THE VATICAN

"Approach each other . . ."

""Approach each other ? " We all are the Church: Together as One: the Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and all baptized peoples. . . The post-modern age we live in makes it extremely difficult for the Church and its doctrine to be at the forefront of where most people are nowadays.... There are many things that divide humanity: Pro-Abortion Vs. Pro-Life, Pro-War Vs. Pro-Peace, Pro-Contraception Vs. Pro-Natural Family Planning, Capitalist Vs. Communist, Christian Vs. Heathen (or pagan), Rich Vs. Poor, etc... Bioethics continues to pose profound dilemas to all... the never-ending state of war and poverty occur in front of our very eyes, and yet, what do we do? We remain silent. . . Why? Because we are afraid: "It is better to mingle and live in the "status quo" and pretend that we don't see, and that we don't hear... People die in front of our eyes every day. The new technologies of war to kill people just keep developing. For example: the so called "drones" ... And what is behind all that ? Maybe the avarice of a handfull of people, who just want power-money at the expense of so many innocent lives, including elderly, women and children... Immigration is a global phenomenon also caused for unjust living conditions... Other problems we face are: care of the environment, the protection of women (many have been killed and continued to be killed in Juarez, at the border with El Paso, Texas), genocides in different parts of the world. For example in Africa... Human trafficking, the proliferation of weapons, violence and drug cartels continue to cause wreak havoc... The never ending conflict in Israel. . . And the list can go on and on. . . I do believe strongly that our only salvation is the Good News of the Gospel (El Evangelio ) brought to us by the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity. . . And yet, we wonder, how are we going to manage to implement the Doctrine of Jesus the Son of the Living God, our Lord, who is seated at the right hand of the Father ? We realize that we need a new Pentecost, in fact, we need many, many Pentecost. Perhaps we need to multiply the Pentecost experience around the world, instead of replicating all evil things. . . I presume that, if that if possible, and judging by the current state of affairs in the world, God the Father Almighty might be extremely angry. Don't you think so? And here comes the problem of evil that the book of Job, Saint Augustine, and many theologians and all regular people have tried to address and resolve. And we all are familiar with the arguments : "If God is All Powerful and All Goodness, WHY He doesn't 'stop so much evil ?? And the other is: What kind of Father will send his Only Son to the world to suffer so much? These are not my questions, these are the questions I hear in the streets, in the coffee houses, the questions that regular people like you and me sometimes make. And the other question we all hear: Where is God in all this ? And now the question has become: "Where is the Church in all this ?" Or even better : "Where are you (and me) in all this? The baptized people of God: The CHURCH: Holy, Catholic, Apostolic.