At something called the “Raising Hope
for Climate Justice Conference” that took place October 1st through
3rd at Castel Gandolfo in Italy, Pope Leo XIV blessed a block of ice. According to the Catholic News
Service, the ice came from a glacier in Greenland. In my humble opinion, he
would have made better use of his time if he had blessed ICE, the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
However, quite to the contrary, when
asked about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime
achievement award to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin for his work helping
immigrants, despite his rock-ribbed support for abortion rights, Leo stated: “Someone
who says, ‘I’m against abortion’ but says ‘I am in favor of the death penalty’
is not really pro-life.” He added, “Someone who says that
‘I’m against abortion, but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of
immigrants in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” The Pontiff
also noted that “they are very complex issues and I don’t know if anyone has
all the truth on them.”
This is highly troubling on multiple
levels. Those who are wildly pro-abortion are not only anti-life, but are
entitled persons who want no restrictions on their behavior and no consequences
for their actions. By contrast, most of those who are in favor of the death
penalty for certain hardened criminals are also pro-life, unwilling to ignore
the damage done by serial murderers. Those who oppose the death penalty for
heinous crimes and who are willing to ignore the carnage, loss of life, and needless
yet incomprehensible pain inflicted on others by hardened criminals and mass
murders are not, in fact, pro-life…and may just be heartless bastards virtue
signaling in a vain attempt to appear holier-than-thou. The same goes for anyone
who is for mass illegal immigration of unvetted people from countries who do
not share our values, chief among them the respect for life and liberty. (Speaking
as they did to audiences of literal communists, I wonder if the past two popes even
believe in Judeo-Christian ethics and values.) Moreover, the treatment of
immigrants in the United States has been anything but “inhuman” over the years.
Ilhan Omar and 17 other members of Congress are testament to that assertion.
Memo to Pope Leo: In blessing a chunk of ice in front of
those who are no fans of capitalism, Trump, or America, you have shown yourself
to be more of a political functionary than a man of God. I pray that blessing a
block of ice is not just the tip of an iceberg of liberal acts. We all would
have been better served if you had blessed the countless thousands of families
who have had loved ones killed by repeat offenders and violent illegal aliens. You
said that you “don’t know if anyone has all the truth on them.” (“In them?”)
Well, you of all people should know One who did. Jesus walked on water, not
ice. And He is the truth.
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