It was reported in the March 6th United Kingdom
newspaper, The Times, that the leading contender to succeed the Pope
believes that the Antichrist is among us and promotes animal rights,
vegetarianism and environmentalism. Huh?
According to the story, the seventy-one-year-old
Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, the Archbishop of Bologna, said that the
Antichrist uses these "feel good" causes to lead people away from the
true religion.
You know, I have to wonder where the Archbishop of
baloney gets his information. This concept might make a good movie, a
sort of cross between "The Omen" and "Gandhi" with Howard Lyman playing
the lead. But I am afraid that if this Cardinal does become the next
Pope, many Catholics will come to identify these causes with the devil's
work.
I wish for the day that the churches of Christianity
will recognize how much a vegetarian/animal rights lifestyle fits in
best with the precepts of their teachings and values.
Go on to Please Teach
the Children Well
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