{"id":1205531,"date":"2022-01-10T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205531"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:05:12","slug":"pope-francis-warns-of-cancel-culture-that-doesnt-allow-freedom-of-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-warns-of-cancel-culture-that-doesnt-allow-freedom-of-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Warns Of \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019 That Doesn\u2019t Allow \u2018Freedom Of Expression\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-warns-of-cancel-culture-that-doesnt-allow-freedom-of-expression%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The head of the Roman Catholic Church condemned \u201ccancel culture\u201d on Monday, decrying what he called \u201cideological colonization\u201d that ostracizes certain cultures and individuals, such as those who are pro-life, from global conversations and solutions to a myriad of problems. Pope Francis\u2019s comments came during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/january\/documents\/20220110-corpo-diplomatico.html\">annual address<\/a> to diplomats and ambassadors from around the world, who met Monday morning at the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>The pope\u2019s speech touched upon a wide range of topics, including migration and the \u201cmoral necessity\u201d of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Regarding international decision making, Pope Francis claimed that \u201cfor some time now, multilateral diplomacy has been experiencing a crisis of trust, due to the reduced credibility of social, governmental and intergovernmental systems. Important resolutions, declarations, and decisions are frequently made without a genuine process of negotiation in which all countries have a say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis imbalance, now dramatically evident, has generated disaffection towards international agencies on the part of many states; it also weakens the multilateral system as a whole, with the result that it becomes less and less effective in confronting global challenges,\u201d he added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe diminished effectiveness of many international organizations is also due to their members entertaining differing visions of the ends they wish to pursue,\u201d he continued. \u201cNot infrequently, the center of interest has shifted to matters that by their divisive nature do not strictly belong to the aims of the organization. As a result, agendas are increasingly dictated by a mindset that rejects the natural foundations of humanity and the cultural roots that constitute the identity of many peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I have stated on other occasions, I consider this a form of ideological colonization, one that leaves no room for freedom of expression and is now taking the form of the \u2018cancel culture\u2019 invading many circles and public institutions,\u201d the pope warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the guise of defending diversity, it ends up canceling all sense of identity, with the risk of silencing positions that defend a respectful and balanced understanding of various sensibilities,\u201d he added. \u201cA kind of dangerous \u2018one-track thinking\u2019 [pens\u00e9e unique] is taking shape, one constrained to deny history or, worse yet, to rewrite it in terms of present-day categories, whereas any historical situation must be interpreted in the light of a hermeneutics of that particular time, not that of today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultilateral diplomacy is thus called to be truly inclusive, not canceling but cherishing the differences and sensibilities that have historically marked various peoples,\u201d the pope remarked.<\/p>\n<p>The pope claimed that world leaders and different countries must come together under dialogue for solutions, which is only possible through \u201creciprocal trust and willingness to dialogue,\u201d which requires \u201clistening to one another, sharing different views, coming to agreement, and walking together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDialogue is the best way to realize what ought always to be affirmed and respected apart from any ephemeral consensus,\u201d he added. \u201cNor should we overlook \u2018the existence of certain enduring values. Those are not always easy to discern, but their acceptance makes for a robust and solid social ethics. Once those fundamental values are adopted through dialogue and consensus, we realize that they rise above consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere I wish to mention in particular the right to life, from conception to its natural end, and the right to religious freedom,\u201d the pope observed.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the National Catholic Register, the pope did not mention any specific example in his speech on Monday. Still, he had recently criticized the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, for not using the word \u201cChristmas\u201d on official documents. In the face of widespread outcry and the censure of international figures, EU leadership backtracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Union must take in hand the ideals of the founding fathers, which were ideals of unity, of greatness, and be careful not to take the path of ideological colonization,\u201d the pope had told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The pope\u2019s comments come less than a week after he condemned parents who were not open to life, instead choosing to have pets.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the Roman Catholic Church condemned \u201ccancel culture\u201d on Monday, decrying what he called \u201cideological colonization\u201d that ostracizes certain cultures and individuals, such as those who are pro-life, from global conversations and solutions to a myriad of problems. Pope Francis\u2019s comments came during an annual address to diplomats and ambassadors from around the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}