The recent election was an eye-opener.
Many Catholics thought that if we all worked hard and did our part in the political process, then we'd be able to win the key political fights needed to turn our country around. And yet ...
| - | We saw pro-abortion candidates elected to office after office. | |
| - | We saw homosexual "marriage" actually passed by the voters in some states. | |
| - | We saw promising pro-life candidates flame out through self-inflicted wounds. | |
| - | And, through it all, we saw the sinister threat to our religious liberty grow ever stronger. |
These alarming results made one thing crystal clear ...
| There aren't enough of us! |
The truth is that, right now, there aren't enough informed, faithful Catholics engaged in the political process.
Sure, there are lots of Catholics. It's well known that "the Catholic vote" tends to determine who wins or loses an election.
The problem is that so many Catholics are disengaged ... don't recognize the dangers to our country ... don't take them seriously ... or — worst of all — are actively working to promote evil.
That means there is one thing that we urgently must do ...
| We've got to start changing minds! |
It's as simple as that. We need more informed, faithful Catholics working to save our nation, and that means we need to start changing minds.
And not just about political issues — because politics is not at the core of our faith.
We need to get people engaged with the Catholic faith itself — to learn it, to love it, to live it — and the rest will follow. And we need your help!
| What's wrong with the world? |
As Cardinal Dolan told the U.S. bishops at their recent meeting:
| "The premier answer to the question 'What's wrong with the world?' is not politics, the economy, secularism, sectarianism, globalization or global warming — none of these, as significant as they are. As Chesterton wrote, the answer to the question 'What's wrong with the world?' is just two words ... 'I am.'" |
We have to change on the personal level, one individual at a time — which is the way the Church has always grown.
It's important that we not give up on our nation. We need to fight as hard as we ever have to deal with the many problems we face.
And we need to work hard to help catechize people about the Catholic faith, because that is the ultimate key ...
| The Truth will set us free |
We live in an age of secularism and relativism, when so many cynically ask, "What is truth?"
But as Catholics, we have the Truth. We have Jesus Christ Himself, and it's time we redouble our efforts to share Him with others.
That's why Pope Benedict XVI recently called bishops from all over the world together to energize the Church for a wave of New Evangelization.
This urgent task will require all of us — bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laity.
That means ...
| We all have to do our part! |
Online and in print, the National Catholic Register is at the forefront of this effort.
The New Evangelization is what we're all about — drawing from the riches of the Church's teachings and applying them to our complex, changing world.
We provide a faithful Catholic perspective that is totally absent from the mainstream media.
We tell people what the Church teaches and how it can make a difference, both in their lives and in the life of our nation.
But we can't do it alone ...
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