Well, it's been a hell of a ride, laying rubber all over the road for the past decade. But it's time to call it a day and park the Rogue in the garage. Effective today, I am shutting down my blog to focus my attention on other endeavours. My thanks to the more than 2.7 million people who regularly joined me on these sojourns through news stories over the years that dealt with the places with issues of religion and faith intersecting with public affairs. May God bless you with a continuing desire to learn about and help disseminate the issues of faith throughout the public square. Happy trails in your continuing travels! Fr. Tim Moyle, p.p. Diocese of Pembroke
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
I believe that the most destructive thing that Catholic clergy or laity can say is " the Pope isn't saying anything the church hasn't being saying for years," or " don't take literally for every word that he says." The pope needs the Savior the same as the rest of us do, but he does not need saviors. He needs listeners who are in the dark as opposed to those who are in the know. It's an extremely difficult task for him in a world where knowledge is so highly esteemed and where admiration/human glory is the ultimate goal. From my point of view the most basic and important message that Pope Francis is teaching by his example at this particular stage of his mission is that certitude and the need for it must be heaved out the window. None of us are God and only the brainwashed could/ would believe otherwise.
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