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| Revelation 12: The battle between the Woman clothed with the sun with twelve stars for her crown and the dragon |
Msgr. Charles Pope is a prophetic voice for our times. I was reading his
article on the Book of Revelation this morning and came to this statement:
The West is crumbling and decadence abounds. Confusion about basic reality is so widespread that our current cultural situation can credibly be described as a lunatic asylum. Even within the Church, voices that should speak out prophetically are silenced by fear and infected by worldliness. There is among Church leaders, clergy, and laity a widespread softness and a feeling that the risk of speaking out is too great.
What rational, faithful Catholic can argue with this? And yet his message is not one of "despair and die" but rather one of hope. Understand the signs of the times and fight the good fight:
