Posted by Frenchie.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing"
This famous phrase, often attributed to John Burke, was in fact part of a longer speech by John Stewart Mill during an 1867 inaugural address at the University of St Andrews.
"Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm, if he takes no part and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man, who without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject."
Both messages are clear, in the sense that like the Pharisees of last Sunday's gospel, many people of this Church of Nice on Guam, continue to exalt themselves, for all the "good work" they do, rather than taking an humble approach about the things they fail to do.
Lets explain....
Four years ago we elected the most vociferous advocate for infanticide on Guam, as governor of our island.
Tim Rohr justly pointed this out in his recent letter to the editor (which can be found in our archives) .
This was done with the acquiescence of many Catholics, if not with their active participation. We have often demonstrated the impossibility for Catholics to allow for the murder of innocent children, while claiming to be Catholic, and presenting themselves to receive the sacraments of the Church, and/or put forward both their advocacy for murder, and their claim that they belong to the Church.
This creates what is known as a scandal.
During the last four years, Governor Lou Leon Guerrero-Cook has spent unknown amount of Guam's taxpayers' funds to search for an abortionist to come on Guam. Her partner in crime and willing enabler widely known as "Calamity Jane" aka Jane Flores, has been plotting to bring the plan forward, and ultimately created a situation of false narrative to allow for murder activists from Hawaii to be able to prescribe the "morning after pill" to women wanting to abort chemically. ( a dangerous procedure which can have catastrophic consequences for the women involved.)
Four years ago, when pro life Catholic activists were getting ready to confront then candidate LLG for her position on child murder, the all powerful Fr. Richards advised them (wrongly) that the Church had to remain neutral on the subject, in order not to lose its Tax exempt status. We, in these pages denounced such decision, as being cowardly, unethical and immoral. This was enabling evil by remaining silent.
Later, after her election and the return of Archbishop Byrnes from one of his many absences, he sent to the governor a personal admonition (as suggested by canon law) through a hand delivered letter to the Governor.
Move forward four years.
Fr Richards has returned to the frozen steppes of Michigan, Archbishop Byrnes is still on medical leave, and the Archdiocese is as silent as ever, regarding the evil done in our names.
This in itself would still be upsetting, but unfortunately, there is a lot worse.
None other than the Archdiocese official press apparatus: Umatuna Si Yu'us was clueless enough to allow on their official Facebook page, pictures of some of the influential Catholic groups on island: namely the Court of our Lady of Kamarin #2047 of Hagatna and the Court of Maria Rainan y Familia #2450 of the St Anthony St Victor Parish, meeting with the Governor for photo ops, subsequently used as political ads, "to embrace works of faith, acts of love and the promotion of justice, equality and the advancement of human rights and dignity for all" (I am choosing not to translate this woke language into English, as to not insult our readers)
This apparently is okay for the chancery, and Tony Diaz who appears to opine this was part of the neutrality necessary not to loose the Archdiocese tax exempt status.
The dystopian world that surrounds us, has seeped within the ranks of the Church of Nice, thinking it is okay to endorse advocates of child murder, just as they kept silent for years when some of the same monsters were abusing sexually our own children
As Jesus reminded us last Sunday: "whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted"
Do not remain silent this upcoming election. Do not allow evil to move forward because you did nothing to stop it. Our Archdiocese is painfully attempting to close the chapter of sexual abuse in our ranks. This was only possible thanks to the silence of people in the know. Lets not allow Lou Leon Guerrero-Cook to continue to advocate for the holocaust of the innocent children of our island.
Shame to the Catholics in Name Only who are considering doing so.