Pope: America is “increasingly hostile to Christianity”

I'm not surprised the Pope has said this.  I sure hope America's Ambassador to the Vatican is listening to this.  Pray for the U.S. of A. 

Here's what context of what he said here:

" In the light of these considerations, it is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church’s public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres. The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life. Of particular concern are certain attempts being made to limit that most cherished of American freedoms, the freedom of religion."

He doesn't refer to the Obama administration directly but he hints at it. 

Here's what's happened politically:

• Freedom of religion at stake;
• All US taxpayers forced to fund abortions and contraception in USA; and forced onto other Counties by tying it to US foreign aid. - no pro-abortion laws - no food.
• Freedom of conscience not permitted for Catholic adoption agencies and Catholic hosptals;
• Freedom of conscience not permitted for Catholic doctors, nurses and social workers without potential job loss or harassment;
• Gay marriage interjected into US law making those who disagree on moral or religious basis guilty of discrimination with potential jail time;
• Catholic Charities funding eliminated that helps victims (sexual slaves) of human trafficking due to Catholic Church anti-abortion position, even through it had the highest/best rating and track record of all applicants.

• Catholic Pharmacists are losing their jobs or being fined and having to close their pharmacies because of Obama Administration requiring contraceptives and abortafacts etc., be sold.
• Requiring that homosexual employee's lovers get health care through Church self-insurance programs.
• And requiring insurance companies to do the same - including those run and operated by Catholics.

Facts are facts, there's no controversy here.  Amen Holy Father! 

VATICAN CITY, January 19, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a meeting with various U.S. Bishops today, Pope Benedict XVI said that the consensus which once existed in America supporting “ethical principles deriving from nature and nature’s God,” has faded.  “Today that consensus has eroded significantly in the face of powerful new cultural currents which are not only directly opposed to core moral teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition, but increasingly hostile to Christianity as such,” he said.

The Pope was emphatic in insisting that the threat posed by current trends threatens not only Christianity but “humanity itself.” He said: “To the extent that some current cultural trends contain elements that would curtail the proclamation of these truths, whether constricting it within the limits of a merely scientific rationality, or suppressing it in the name of political power or majority rule, they represent a threat not just to Christian faith, but also to humanity itself and to the deepest truth about our being and ultimate vocation, our relationship to God.”

The Pope used strong language to describe the grave situation he perceives in America. “(I)t is imperative,” he said, “that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realise the grave threats to the Church’s public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres.”  He continued, “The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life.”

Pope Benedict pointed specifically to attempts to limit freedom of religion, and to “deny the right of conscientious objection on the part of Catholic individuals and institutions with regard to cooperation in intrinsically evil practices.“

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