"If we consider ourselves humanity, then we have a duty to obey when international organizations make claims," said His Holiness at the press conference in flight on his return from Mozambique. Should the Catholic really obey an international organization that promotes a radically anti-Christian vision?
The disconcerting affirmation of the Holy Father began with the declaration of a cause for that 'obedience': "when we recognize them and give them the ability to judge internationally." Who is that "we"? Because if there is an organism absolutely devoid of democratic legitimacy, that is the UN. No electorate has voted for its Secretary General, before any 'people' must respond their numerous departments and associated organizations.
But if it is already surprising that the representative of Christ on earth asks us to 'obey' an international organization that we have not chosen, the Church itself being the only legitimate universal institution, it is more so when we examine the nature of that organization that we must "Obey" and its ends, frontally contrary to Catholic moral doctrine.
The UN has been responsible for the biggest -in dollars- corruption scandal in history, that of 'oil for food', which benefited, among others, the son of Secretary General Kofi Annan himself. And it has not been an isolated case, although worse were the numerous scandals of child prostitution starring its Peace troops in Africa (yes, peace can be a beautiful slogan to cover the most outrageous perversions). A recent report published by the British newspaper The Sun raises 3,300 pedophiles on the UN payroll, responsible for tens of thousands of violations, according to a former employee of the organization, Andrew Macleod.
More important is what the UN defends, sustains, promotes and attempts to impose worldwide: gender ideology, abortion, sterilization of populations in developing countries, LGTBI groups, radical feminism, the destruction of the family or, at least, its subordination to political authority, etc.
And yet, although this has been the most explicit statement of the Holy Father in this regard, it is not by far the first in which he reveals his extraordinary harmony with the international organization, with which the Vatican collaborates in a multitude of projects. A high member of the Curia confessed to us 'off the record' some time ago his joy that, at last, the Church and the World began to converge on actions and objectives, specifically referring to the UN, which seems to slap with that "if the world hates you ..." evangelical and with the radical opposition that has been common doctrine from the beginning.
It has been obvious for some time now that His Holiness has strengthened its alliance with the UN based on the concerns that have become obsessive in its messages, such as the disappearance of borders and the fight against Climate Change. But it is difficult to ignore two obvious facts: that these two obsessions are, at least, reasonable and not part of the Church's doctrine, and, above all, that there is a risk that the advantages of an alliance with the international organization tempt to ignore the clearly anti-Christian aspects of UN policies.
We see this temptation, for example, in China, where the Church is silent in the face of Hong Kong protests, although its tiny Catholic minority plays a disproportionate role, because of its commitments to Beijing. Or with the martyred Catholics in Africa and elsewhere, who are barely mentioned in Rome because their executioners are Muslim, and now we have to believe that, as Cardinal Carlos Osoro said yesterday, "all religions are religions of peace."
Does the Catholic have a duty to obey the UN? ~ InfoVaticana
