Pope Warns Against Religious Apathy

Ergo dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum ad omnes, maxime autem ad domesticos fidei. (Galatians 6:10)

The Wall Street Journal reports Pope Benedict XVI warned against the growing apathy toward religion in his homeland on the first day of his first state visit to Germany.

"We are witnessing a growing indifference to religion in society, which considers the issue of truth as something of an obstacle in its decision-making, and instead gives priority to utilitarian considerations", Pope Benedict said after meeting with German President Christian Wulff.

"Religion is one of these foundations for a successful social life", the Pope said.

I agree with the Pope.

The Bible is the roadmap for a successful life, and to better understand the world and universe we live in.

But there seems to be little religious apathy in Texas for example.

An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal’s office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong, according to FOX News.

Holly Pope said she was "absolutely stunned" when she received a telephone call from an assistant principal at Western Hills High School informing her that her son, Dakota Ary, had been sent to in-school suspension.

I understand Holly Pope.

Dakota was in a German class at the high school when the conversation shifted to religion and homosexuality in Germany.

At some point during the conversation, he turned to a friend and said that he was a Christian and "being a homosexual is wrong".

Well, that is what the Bible says:

"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them", see Leviticus 20:13.

Dakota was sentenced to one day in-school suspension – and two days of full suspension.

The Holy Pope said in his speech to the German parliament that Germans "have seen how power became divorced from right, how power opposed right and crushed it, so that the state became an instrument for destroying right — a highly organized band of robbers, capable of threatening the whole world and driving it to the edge of the abyss", he said.

"To serve right and to fight against the dominion of wrong is and remains the fundamental task of the politician", he added.

The Pope's visit has drawn an emotional response from the faithful.

Julius Schantz, a 64 years old Catholic said he could understand that there are protesters, but said there are always protesters.

Another current event is that NASA predicts that the satellite falling to Earth will hit Washington DC – and probably the Capitol building, according to Weekly World News.

Many in Washington are laughing at the possibility that a falling satellite would take a direct hit on the Capitol.

"That couldn’t happen. Not in a gazillion years", said former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

But, in case, the Congress is shutting down and Senators and Congressmen are heading for the Caribbean Islands "so we can be safe", said Pelosi.

"His autem fieri incipientibus, respicite et levate capita vestra, quoniam appropinquat redemptio vestra", Luke 21:28.