Vatican News: “In a Society of Emptiness, Without Values … We have to Return to the Sources of Christian Spirituality”

Vatican News is the official news agency of the Holy See, the sovereign seat of the Papacy and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. On July 1, 2023, Vatican News published Rome’s vision for the future of society. Part of that vision includes a return to recognizing the Magisterium, or the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican is calling for a return to a Christian spirituality that recognizes the primacy of the papacy. Vatican News published the following in part:

“We have to return to the sources of Christian spirituality: Scripture, the living tradition of the Church, the Magisterium and the experience of the saints, said Monsignor Francisco Cerro Chaves, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of the Church in Spain, during the inauguration of the First Conference on Spiritual Theology of the Center for Spiritual Theology Studies (CETE), on the morning of this Friday, June 30, at the headquarters of the San Ildefonso’ Theological Institute in Toledo, Spain.” [1]

“At the inauguration, the Archbishop of Toledo stressed that, during the celebration of these Conferences on Spiritual Theology, it is intended to ‘return to the substantive and essential of Christian spirituality: a good theological formation in spirituality to avoid a lot of stupidity.’ For this reason, the themes of the Days revolve around the universal call to holiness. Likewise, Don Francisco Cerro made reference to the figure of the Archbishop of Toledo, Don Marcelo González, of whom he has stated that ‘he saw the need, in a society of emptiness, without values, to return to the roots of the Gospel, to Christian spirituality, getting ahead in many aspects’.” [1]

The Papacy seeks to take over the world of politics and shape our society. Rome wants to be the only player who wields absolute power. The Vatican will never be satisfied until its former power is fully restored. This Papacy needs to be taken very seriously, even as she sets out to capture more and more control over our world.

This call by the Vatican for our empty society, without values, to return to its original roots and embrace a Christian spirituality that recognizes Catholic tradition and the Papal Magisterium is a call to bind the people to papal decrees, the decisions of the church councils, and the collective teachings of the bishops, cardinals, church fathers, and scholars. They want to bring the world under their feet.

No written creed of men, confession of faith, collective teaching of theologians from the past or present, church tradition, church council, or other statement of beliefs can bind the conscience. That power belongs exclusively to God. God alone has that authority, and only the word of God carries that kind of influence.

Any religious system that places a barrier between the people and the pure word of God can never bring peace or purity to society. The true religion of Christ means that we must exalt the supremacy of the Word of God. The voice of the living God is the only authority that matters when it comes to our religion and faith, and this voice is heard in His Word.

This means that we must reject human teaching, the altered commandments, and the traditions of men, which are all fallible as far as God is concerned. To reject the clear teaching of God’s word and to reject God’s commandments so that we can keep man’s traditions is to commit the same grave error made by the Pharisees.

“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:9.

“Which all are to perish with the using after the commandments and doctrines of men.” Colossians 2:22.

Sources

[1] https://www.vaticannews.va/es/iglesia/news/2023-07/espana-arzobispado-toledo-inaugura-jornadas-teologia-espiritual.html