Pope Benedict XVI is coming to America! Yes, yes, just like Eddie Murphy in that old 1980's movie Coming to America, the Pope will make a historic Apostolic visit to we who live in the U.S.
No, the Pope will not be playing a fictitious African prince ("Prince Akeem of Zamunda" . . . :-), nor will the Pope likely be cracking many jokes!
Pope Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger will likely speak about issues of Justice, issues of 'community,' both secular and Christian, and issues of War, Peace and of course, the Propagation of the Christian Faith!
On the "other side" will be . . . ?
You see, politically, Pope Benedict XVI is an arbiter of TRUTH! He is BOTH 'liberal' denouncing the widening gap between rich and poor, while also being 'conservative' denouncing abuses to the human person through medical malpractices known as abortion and physician-assisted suicide (i.e. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, recently released from prison).
No one can side 'fully with the Pope,' but from ultra-left Democrats to far-right Republicans, ALL respect the Pope's moral authority.
(Unless, of course, you come from Communist China, imperialist Russia, or other non-western, non-African nations!)
No, just as Phil Jenkins, history and religion professor at Penn State points out in his book The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, Africa, Latin America and the good 'ole U.S.A. are pretty much UNIFIED!
Yes, we still must overturn Roe v. Wade, but with a 5 - 4 Pro-Life majority that outlawed at least some of the baby killing (i.e. ban on partial-birth abortions . . .), the VICTORY over infanticide should happen soon . . .
Yes, we must also always keep an eye on Oregon, that state in our union that likes to slide a needle into the veins of the dying elderly, but fortunately, even liberal Democrat Senate Judiciary Chair, Patrick Leahy is opposed to this practice of physician-assisted suicide (. . . inside tip).
Yes, we must also fight for religious freedom in the face of psychiatric abusers, in the face of political compromise (against Mormons, scientologists, you name the religious group facing persecution).
But in spite of 'cleaning up America,' the Pope pretty much epitomizes what most Americans believe anyway. A recent poll actually showed how a full 2/3 of American citizens are practicing Christians, and so, although pluralistic religiously (Buddhists, Muslims, et al), we are still, nonetheless a Christian majority nation and that should not end anytime soon!
After all, "In God we trust . . ." is still printed on our currency, and from the New England Puritan settlers to Catholic immigrants in Florida, the desert Southwest, and you name it, we are increasingly Christian as a people. Rosaries dawn the trucks, sub-compacts, and even the doorways of America!
Even former Protestants are converting to Catholicism!
So, this April, when Pope Benedict XVI boldly addresses the United Nations in New York or addresses we U.S. citizens in Washington, D.C., we can stand united.
Viva el Papa . . .
Blessings in Jesus Christ, Rob J. King (friend of Vatican-supporting Catholics and colleague of all who seek political, social, economic and human rights TRUTH!)
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