A masterful article by someone who is not Catholic, but it comes with the observation of reality, reason and culture, to describe the truth. (n.d.r.)

Of Marcello Veneziani
Christian civilization today has three enemies: the Islamic invasion, atheistic materialism and Bergoglio's church. In different ways and degrees they are uprooting the seed of Christianity from our lives, the link with its symbols, with his wedding ring and his tradition. They detest any attempt to give visibility and centrality to the Christian message, they can't stand the crucified in public places, they are indignant if someone raises the problem of safeguarding their living space, its cities, its rites and liturgies.
The former want to replace a religion that they feel is declining with theirs and submit Christianity to Islam. The second wants to erase every trace of spirituality and of religious presence from the public horizon for reduce man to his desires and his selfishness. The third wants to reduce Christian civilization to a place of welcome, humanitarian corridor, to the point of losing every living trace of Christianity. The first comes from below, from the south of the world, from boats and NGOs. The second comes down from above, from the great factories of atheism and nihilism that nest in the media, in the consumer society, in the sanctuaries of finance and ideology. Read More