Christianity will rise again out of modernism's moral collapse, Archbishop says

[mdgspencer]

https://catholic-sf.org/news/christianity-will-rise-again-out-of-modernisms-moral-collapse-archbishop-chaput-says

Western societies have worked hard to “to construct a harmonious moral life through human reason alone, without God,” but “it doesn’t work.”

“It doesn’t work, because it can’t,” he said. “And the more we try, the more catastrophic the results, as the record of the 20th century clearly shows.”

“Sexuality freed from a higher meaning, freed from the tyranny of a purpose, was supposed to be a liberation for the body. Instead we have desecrations like transgenderism.”

With regard to the “age of unbelief,” Archbishop Chaput said there is really “no such thing” for two reasons. Behind the “veneer” on the part of the world that “styles itself as developed,’” the global population “remains very largely religious” and it’s growing, he said.

 

[Divine3]

This is excellent Archbishop Chaput, writes so on target and I like finding anything he writes. Just like I like to find things that Cardinal Sarah writes. Thanks.

 

[WillPhillips]

Christianity will rise again out of modernism’s moral collapse

With regard to the “age of unbelief,” Archbishop Chaput said there is really “no such thing” for two reasons. Behind the “veneer” on the part of the world that “styles itself as developed,’” the global population “remains very largely religious” and it’s growing, he said.

This seems to contradict, no? Are we in moral collapse? Or is the population actually remaining largely religious…and growing?

 

[ralfyman]

Given global crises affecting finances, ecosystems, and resources, it might be more than just a moral collapse.

 

[WillPhillips]

Given global crises affecting finances, ecosystems, and resources, it might be more than just a moral collapse.

Curious what (specifically) you’re implying.

Edit: the Archbishop states the global religious population is growing (despite fears to the contrary)

 

[Beryllos]

“In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.”

What now in the 21st century?

 

[po18guy]

I tihnk that, in understanding his comments, one must separate the decline and fall of the west from the growth of faith in the rest of the world. As it turns out, material (and scientific) wealth lead to spiritual poverty, while material poverty leads to spiritual wealth.

I cannot understand why he is still only an Archbishop. Hello, Vatican???

Short attention span or no, I am going to finish his book Strangers in a Strange Land about living our faith in post-Christian western civilization.

 

[otjm]

In the 21st century, common sense is dead.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

To paraphrase the Billy Joel song, people really do “laugh with the sinners and cry with the saints.”

Let’s face it, sinners are a lot of fun to party with, but when your back is against the wall and you don’t know where to turn, then people drift to their friends and family who have a spiritual foundation built on rock.

 

[ralfyman]

Limits to growth. That is, with global debt rising again after a decade of weak growth caused by the 2008 crash, and diminishing returns now setting in as seen in increasing reliance on unconventional production, it appears that we are headed for another round of what happened a few years back. And with the trade war, continued tensions in the Middle East, and the rise of populist governments in various countries, and a growing population coupled with increasing resource consumption taking a significant toll on ecosystems worldwide, it is likely that we face collapse on various levels (not just moral) in the near future.