The Pope fails to take a moral stand on Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Today, 11:15 AM
The Pope of the Roman Church fails to take a moral stand against Russia's invasion of Ukraine by blaming NATO and the West as being partially at fault causing the invasion of Ukraine. The Pope failed to understand Russia's imperialist plans Ukraine invasion was just one step of many in the past and future plans of forced domination of Eastern Europe.
This morally ambiguous position has inspired support in Itally for the Russian aggression.
Source: Pope Francis creates confusion as Putin's war against Ukraine rages
Pope Francis creates confusion as Putin's war against Ukraine rages
The Vatican has missed opportunities to bring moral clarity to Russia's war against Ukraine
With war now raging in Ukraine, where is the Holy See? And how has it chosen to use its moral authority and influence?
In Ukraine, the world now faces the worst brutality and inhumanity since the Second World War and Stalin’s purges. Vladimir Putin is actualizing his expressed long-term goal of regaining territories lost after the fall of the Iron Curtain. For years, he has longed for the territory held by Catherine the Great. Now, he’s even comparing himself to Peter the Great in executing this hegemonist aggression.
While Pope Francis has made clear that he does not support the war or Putin’s personal butchery, he has created more confusion than resolution. He has nurtured, even if unintentionally, a false mantra that, essentially, the West is to blame for Putin’s aggression by having expanded NATO. As he said, quoting a source he valued, "They are barking at the gates of Russia. They do not understand that the Russians are imperialists and will allow no foreign power to approach them." Despite the lack of evidence of any NATO hostility toward peaceful Russian actions, or the fact that NATO is in the business of protecting western democracies, including our newest members, Pope Francis has argued that its expansion is itself an aggression; and that because it would offend a Russian "imperialist" culture, we have been the wrongdoers.
Unfortunately, an authoritarian strongman like Putin will only be ennobled by these comments coming from the top of one of the West’s most esteemed institutions. Appeasement has never worked. As Churchill said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last." In light of the history of Hitler and Stalin’s co-option and then destruction of the Church, one would hope that the pope would know this.
The pope has added to this confusion about the Holy See’s diplomacy regarding the Ukraine war by criticizing those who see the war as a struggle between good and evil. He advises those who view the war in such stark black and white terms to abandon this "Little Red Riding Hood" pattern of thought. He even contends that "there are no metaphysical good guys and bad guys, in an abstract sense."
So a few questions: what level of death and destruction are necessary to make the wolf a malevolent aggressor? Has not the obliteration of a large part of Ukraine already accomplished this? Are there no universal truths and objective realities? Is the pope actually endorsing moral relativity?
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This moral ambiguity of the Pope concerning the invasion of Ukraine has contributed to the support of Russia by Italian elected representatives and support for Russia among Italians. The Pope remains silent.
More to follow concerning the support for Russia among Italians,
Today, 11:15 AM
The Pope of the Roman Church fails to take a moral stand against Russia's invasion of Ukraine by blaming NATO and the West as being partially at fault causing the invasion of Ukraine. The Pope failed to understand Russia's imperialist plans Ukraine invasion was just one step of many in the past and future plans of forced domination of Eastern Europe.
This morally ambiguous position has inspired support in Itally for the Russian aggression.
Source: Pope Francis creates confusion as Putin's war against Ukraine rages
Pope Francis creates confusion as Putin's war against Ukraine rages
The Vatican has missed opportunities to bring moral clarity to Russia's war against Ukraine
With war now raging in Ukraine, where is the Holy See? And how has it chosen to use its moral authority and influence?
In Ukraine, the world now faces the worst brutality and inhumanity since the Second World War and Stalin’s purges. Vladimir Putin is actualizing his expressed long-term goal of regaining territories lost after the fall of the Iron Curtain. For years, he has longed for the territory held by Catherine the Great. Now, he’s even comparing himself to Peter the Great in executing this hegemonist aggression.
While Pope Francis has made clear that he does not support the war or Putin’s personal butchery, he has created more confusion than resolution. He has nurtured, even if unintentionally, a false mantra that, essentially, the West is to blame for Putin’s aggression by having expanded NATO. As he said, quoting a source he valued, "They are barking at the gates of Russia. They do not understand that the Russians are imperialists and will allow no foreign power to approach them." Despite the lack of evidence of any NATO hostility toward peaceful Russian actions, or the fact that NATO is in the business of protecting western democracies, including our newest members, Pope Francis has argued that its expansion is itself an aggression; and that because it would offend a Russian "imperialist" culture, we have been the wrongdoers.
Unfortunately, an authoritarian strongman like Putin will only be ennobled by these comments coming from the top of one of the West’s most esteemed institutions. Appeasement has never worked. As Churchill said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last." In light of the history of Hitler and Stalin’s co-option and then destruction of the Church, one would hope that the pope would know this.
The pope has added to this confusion about the Holy See’s diplomacy regarding the Ukraine war by criticizing those who see the war as a struggle between good and evil. He advises those who view the war in such stark black and white terms to abandon this "Little Red Riding Hood" pattern of thought. He even contends that "there are no metaphysical good guys and bad guys, in an abstract sense."
So a few questions: what level of death and destruction are necessary to make the wolf a malevolent aggressor? Has not the obliteration of a large part of Ukraine already accomplished this? Are there no universal truths and objective realities? Is the pope actually endorsing moral relativity?
© Copyright Original Source
This moral ambiguity of the Pope concerning the invasion of Ukraine has contributed to the support of Russia by Italian elected representatives and support for Russia among Italians. The Pope remains silent.
More to follow concerning the support for Russia among Italians,
