During last Saturday's audience granted to the teachers and students of the Alfonsiana Academy founded by the Redemptorists, Pope Francis has invented a new "sin"!
The sin against the environment, which falls within the framework of his ecological encyclical: Laudato yes:
«It makes me reflect that when I administer the Reconciliation – even before, when I did it – rarely does anyone accuse themselves of having done violence to nature, to the earth, to creation", he declared.
"We are not yet aware of this sin", continued the Argentine Pontiff, evoking « the cry of the earth, raped and wounded in a thousand ways by selfish exploitation ».
« The ecological dimension is an essential component of the responsibility of every person and every nation».
Even non-Catholics perceive it, in our times of apostasy in which all moral rules are cheerfully despised by the masses of the world, the incongruity of such a statement.
The writer and journalist Benoît Rayski gives masterful proof of this in a short story, but spicy satire:
«The Supreme Pontiff is a decidedly modern man. He just called on the faithful to "recognize their sins against the environment". And this makes Pope Francis suffer.
«Sad and I love, he declared: “When I administer confession, rarely does anyone accuse themselves of having done violence to nature, to the earth, to creation"!
«We cry with him. We must pity his sad fate. When his tiredness must be great in constantly listening to "I fornicated before marriage" or "I lusted after my neighbor's wife"! What unbearable boredom to listen to banalities like "I stole from a shop" or "I lied to my mother"!
«“I threw a lot of plastic into the sea” or “I forgot to recycle my rubbish”, these would certainly bring a real touch of freshness to a confession that has become so monotonous over time.
«And yet, Pope Francis is wrong to blame the faithful. The fundamental and initial evil – original sin (not that of Adam and Eve) – is in the Bible. The Ten Commandments are a polite jumble. The eleventh and essential commandment is missing: “Do not pollute”. On the other hand, Moses was a polluter of the first magnitude: he dried up a river to reach the Promised Land.
«The same goes for the seven cardinal sins, who talk foolishly about lust, of laziness, of greed. Where is the eighth? So indispensable and essential: “Respect the green grass and the little flowers”.
But I must recognize – dearest Holy Father – that I write only for my personal pleasure. Indeed, I'm not, I'm not Catholic at all.".
«Sad and I love, he declared: “When I administer confession, rarely does anyone accuse themselves of having done violence to nature, to the earth, to creation"!
«We cry with him. We must pity his sad fate. When his tiredness must be great in constantly listening to "I fornicated before marriage" or "I lusted after my neighbor's wife"! What unbearable boredom to listen to banalities like "I stole from a shop" or "I lied to my mother"!
«“I threw a lot of plastic into the sea” or “I forgot to recycle my rubbish”, these would certainly bring a real touch of freshness to a confession that has become so monotonous over time.
«And yet, Pope Francis is wrong to blame the faithful. The fundamental and initial evil – original sin (not that of Adam and Eve) – is in the Bible. The Ten Commandments are a polite jumble. The eleventh and essential commandment is missing: “Do not pollute”. On the other hand, Moses was a polluter of the first magnitude: he dried up a river to reach the Promised Land.
«The same goes for the seven cardinal sins, who talk foolishly about lust, of laziness, of greed. Where is the eighth? So indispensable and essential: “Respect the green grass and the little flowers”.
But I must recognize – dearest Holy Father – that I write only for my personal pleasure. Indeed, I'm not, I'm not Catholic at all.".
source – http://www.unavox.it/ArtDiversi/DIV2824_De-Villasmundo_Francesco_inventa_nuovo_peccato.html
I think that's a grave mortal sin, of which,Perhaps, he doesn't realize, be himself. I don't know who will acquit him, in case there will be a suitable and sufficient purgatory ?
G.Vigni