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<blockquote data-quote="ilostabet" data-source="post: 1276365" data-attributes="member: 13181">There are many things to criticize about the Catholic Church, and especially nowadays (but which institution in the West is imune?). Coming from a Catholic country, I too was devoured for a time with the prejudice against the Roman Church - and while now I realize its faults, I think it's much more important to keep and resurrect the good it has done. What stands to be lost with our doing away with it is much bigger than what stands to be gained.So I'd rather focus on those 2000 years of amazing spiritual and intellectual tradition. One example I found recently is Bishop Fulton Sheen, a truly eloquent and deep speaker. The video below is from a television show he used to do in the 50s. It's clear from his topics, the examples he chooses, that society was already lost the same way it is today, it was only in the first step of the ladder - but the foot was already firmly on it, destroying completely the myth of the 'holy and orderly 50s'. It was a lie sold by cinema. It didn't exist.This video in particular is so important in our days as it speaks against pride - and perhaps even more important for us, lest we forget among the decay around us, that we shouldn't ever consider ourselves above reproach for simply recognizing the evil around, as that may derail our work and dedication in purging it from our own hearts.[MEDIA=youtube]tAW2I0pTlsw[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ilostabet, post: 1276365, member: 13181"] There are many things to criticize about the Catholic Church, and especially nowadays (but which institution in the West is imune?). Coming from a Catholic country, I too was devoured for a time with the prejudice against the Roman Church - and while now I realize its faults, I think it's much more important to keep and resurrect the good it has done. What stands to be lost with our doing away with it is much bigger than what stands to be gained. So I'd rather focus on those 2000 years of amazing spiritual and intellectual tradition. One example I found recently is Bishop Fulton Sheen, a truly eloquent and deep speaker. The video below is from a television show he used to do in the 50s. It's clear from his topics, the examples he chooses, that society was already lost the same way it is today, it was only in the first step of the ladder - but the foot was already firmly on it, destroying completely the myth of the 'holy and orderly 50s'. It was a lie sold by cinema. It didn't exist. This video in particular is so important in our days as it speaks against pride - and perhaps even more important for us, lest we forget among the decay around us, that we shouldn't ever consider ourselves above reproach for simply recognizing the evil around, as that may derail our work and dedication in purging it from our own hearts. [MEDIA=youtube]tAW2I0pTlsw[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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