Sentences with phrase «public moral witness»
That same month, Pope Benedict XVI issued a warning to the U.S. bishops: «The entire Catholic community in the United States must 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.»
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In his earlier address to the bishops, Benedict urged «a clear and united witness» on public questions of great moral moment, recognizing that «it can not be assumed that all Catholic citizens think in harmony with the Church's teaching on today's key ethical questions.»
Not once in his genealogy of modern decay does he consider that the core failure of Christian moral witness might be a significant factor in muting the creative role of religious faith in public life.
The moral imperative to stop global warming might not merely strike out, Pope Francis could implode it in the most epic manner imaginable in a showcase of how the public was deceived by people who apparently broke the commandment about bearing false witness.