New Zealand Cardinal Says 'Moral Wasteland' Resulting From Liberal Policies

Cardinal Tom Williams' stinging attack came shortly after lawmakers in Wellington passed the first reading of a bill seeking to recognize "civil unions" for same-sex and heterosexual couples.

"The perennial work of the barbarian is to tear down existing standards, and to debase ideals that have come to characterize a society built on sound moral principle," he said.

"Traditional beliefs and values have been systematically subverted by the derision and outright hostility to the whole Judeo-Christian ethic upon which civilization has been based for the past two millenniums."

Prime Minister Helen Clark told a commercial radio station she found it "sad" that Williams had used "that sort of language."

Homosexuality was not a modern invention, but something that "has always been with us," she argued.

And murder has been with us from the beginning, as well. Does it follow, therefore, that murder be approved? The inability for some to think rationally is epidemic - they are unable to use their minds to reason rightly.

The "moral wasteland' exists, not only in New Zealand, but globally. We must offer our prayers, sacrifices, and mortifications daily begging our Lord to have mercy on us and to enlightened those who wish to destroy civilized society.

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