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The Cause of All Evil

 

Evil and Truth

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )     Most of the evils which beset the Church and most of the problems with which the Catholic Church is plagued, are not due to bad will. No, they are mainly due to ignorance of Christ’s revealed truth. St. Pius X (Pope)

The Importance of Understanding the Holiness of God

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The more one understands the holiness of God, the more one understands the opposite of what is holy, namely, the deceptive masks of the devil.  Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) 

The Unending Invisible Struggle

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) “Spiritual combat” is another element of life which needs to be taught anew and proposed once more to all Christians today. It is a secret and interior art, an invisible struggle in which (we) engage every day against the temptations, the evil suggestions that the demon tries to plant in (our) hearts. Saint John Paul II (Pope) 

Numbing of Consciences

In fact, the numbing of consciences, their indifference to good and evil, their deviations, are a great threat for man.  Indirectly, they are also a great threat for society, because in the last analysis the level of morality of society depends on the human conscience.  St. John Paul II (Pope)

Confronting Evil: How Could We Have Missed This?

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) "We shall not call injustice, justice; we shall not say that an offense against God is not an offense against God, or that evil is good. When confronted by evil we shall not reply with another evil, but rather with sound doctrine and good actions: drowning evil in an abundance of good." St. Augustine