After a summer of hatred by the group known as Black Lives Matter towards Catholics, a senior cleric has finally plucked up the courage to condemn the violent anarchist group.
Over the course of 2020, the group were involved in many physical attacks on Catholic churches. Some of these involved destroying statues, some included setting churches on fire and some even led to physical attacks on Christians. Despite this, many corporate bodies have become associated with this violent and aggressive group, with Sky Sports in England even blaring Black Lives Matter propaganda 24/7 during every sport that they broadcast, specifically through soccer, to the bafflement of audiences at home and to the disgust of black Catholic former footballer Patrice Evra. In fact, such is their devotion to this violent anti Catholic group that they even made sure that they put pressure on clubs to ban any fans who don’t salute their hatred.
In 2021, with a pro BLM Presidency looming under Joe Biden, even the more easy going elements within the church are recognising that international incidents such as the burning of Santiago Cathedral and the Soros fuelled attacks on churches in Poland are part of a worrying wider escalation against Christ. One of these is Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.
At Christmas, BLM attacked St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. They daubed ‘ACAB’ (All Cops Are Bastards) all over the cathedral alongside slurs against Catholics. It was the second such attack specifically attacking the famous church, both occurring after BLM Activist and Protestant Pastor Shaun King called for attacks on Catholic churches, specifically inciting attacks on statues, murals and stained glass windows of Christ.
Dolan, in a New York Post article, referred to these fresh attacks as ‘ugly and unlawful’.
Speaking directly against the Black Lives Matter terror group, Dolan continued:
‘This is more than mere lip service, as we help thousands of black and minority children leave poverty through our acclaimed inner-city schools; as we present minority women the choice of birth for their preborn babies, rather than continue the genocide of unfettered abortion; as we provide ongoing support after birth for both mother and child; as we concentrate on feeding the poor, drug-addiction recovery, assistance to those on parole and health care through our Catholic Charities and Archcare; as we bring the gift of the Sacraments and true community and sustenance to dozens of vibrant but financially struggling parishes in our most challenged areas’.
Pointing out that many of the protestors themselves do little to help others, he stated:
I propose these irrational protesters should be bringing to the cathedral letters of gratitude and offers to assist us in our ministry, not ignorant, hateful, defacing slogans.
Finishing off, Dolan made a plea to the memory of secular saints such as Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi:
as Pope Francis and the world’s great religious traditions, including Islam and Judaism and people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, teach us, reason, love, dialogue are the way, not guns, firebombs or spray paint. It’s what Jesus taught, too, and he faced far worse than graffiti.
We agree with the sentiments of the Cardinal for most of his article, but this last paragraph is trying to appease the mob by fitting in with the world that they know. They will never accept us because they know that we are not of this world. In fact, these children of Satan are so intertwined with sin that many regard both King and Gandhi as being ‘cancelled’ for their moral failures.
As Catholics, we have tried assimilating into the world for almost 50 years now, it has the for the most part been a colossal misguided failure. The world actually appears to more openly hate us than that it did when Catholicity was more transparently present and visible within Western society. Catholics around the world should be wary of this and do their best to resist increasingly toxic Americanisation, which has, sadly, come to mean the deChristianisation of the world. Instead of Original Sin, there are now concepts such as White Privilege. Instead of Adam and Eve, there are Drag Story Times aimed at corrupting young children. To be Christian now means to be opposed to the popular understanding of what it means to be American, though many American Christians will find that an unfair remark, it is a generalisation which rings true, especially in countries such as Poland and Hungary.
Yet, paradoxically, the United States harbours more Catholics than any other nation. It has incomparable large scale events such as the Focus Conference, it has public Catholic figures who are proud of their faith like Mark Wahlberg, it has even had prominent political figures such as President Trump’s wife Melania. The USA has also given us some of the great thinkers of the church in 21st century, particularly men like Dr. Peter Kreeft.
Either the United States becomes Catholic, or the Catholic Church will become increasingly American, a heresy condemned by Pope Leo XIII.
We hope that Cardinal Dolan continues to speak out and that young American Catholics continue the great work that they are doing. Catholics are now growing to a sizeable minority of their nation’s population and they have the duty of being a light within a country that has represented darkness and violence for decades now. Another few decades of Masonic wars targeting Middle Eastern Christians is not the even the worst that could happen, the rhetoric being targeted towards Orban and Duda suggests that the oligarchs are normalising the potential for wars in Poland and Hungary also.
The attacks on St. Patrick’s Cathedral may yet serve as a very foreboding warning of the next four years. American Catholics should not give up hope though, when St. Patrick first arrived in Ireland he faced hostility, hatred and violence. But that was not towards him, it was towards Our Lord. They should do as he did and start with their the towns and cities near them and watch the fruits grow.