There are people who do not want the Pope to come to Spain this year for World Youth Day. Less bad that some people think so, since he said John Paul II, something like this: if everyone wanted the Pope, that would not have many options. Thank God, man, that is not free in front of so many things (nature, the social, psychological ...), yes it is in their hearts most deeply, the moral (the space that some call consciousness) , which can not be forced by anyone. This right to the inviolability of conscience has been long recognized as the right to religious freedom and the right not to profess any religion, to freely express one's choice without reprisal or discrimination.
Therefore, neither good nor I think I feel bad that there are people who support and who railed Benedict XVI's visit to Spain in WYD. It is simply a fact of life that supports the existence of human freedom. What does seem to me very wrong is that there are people seeking to force the conscience of others through a widespread weapon in today's society: the lie. Should be clear that lying is not convincing and can never substitute for rational argument and the expression of opposing views.
I say all this because of a ceremony held at the Ateneo de Madrid Madrid Association of Atheists and Freethinkers , in which some artists have participated (though of course one of them has clearly demonstrated that large comes that label) and intellectual (ideological propagandists actually running) to censor the Pope's visit. The reason: "We are not against that Mr. Benedict (2), as a global citizen, come to Spain, but does not seem to get that to end up paying with money from everyone in a crisis situation in which reduce the cost and increasing the retirement age, "said Vega, who also criticized the pope criticized legislation passed in Parliament, such as abortion or gay marriage" (Luis Vega, president of the Association). We must noted that to do nothing, said the same, but without the postscript "in a crisis situation ..."
As I am a Catholic (though bad), nurtured in the bosom of enfant terrible of Loyola, I have to save the proposition of others before they ordered, ie confide in the good faith of these men and hope that His claim is due more to ignorance than the desire to use the lie as an ideological weapon. In that case, that of ignorance, as a work of mercy to correct the erring, I remember these facts about the financing of the Jornada Mundia Youth Day 2011:
WYD will not be funded with public money
Funding World Youth Day will be paid in two-thirds by the audience (for that is charged a registration fee, which also will shock some, of course). To finance the rest, has resorted to private sponsorship and private donations can be made . To coordinate all are working hard and well, long time, many young English and foreign, often selflessly. Obviously, security and logistics of such an event run by the State (police, logistics ... is expected to more than one million young people). As with football matches, the drumming of Carlinhos Brown, Gay Pride Day, political demonstrations, the Olympics and many other events ... Perhaps the problem is that it will be of a religious character ... may be that what bothers some, who do not protest when the government providing infrastructure to the events just mentioned, and whose condition for cleanliness and deterioration of furniture is much higher than that leave the JMJs (s Justice noted that the authorities of the countries holding the JMJs generally express satisfaction with civic behavior, lack of incidents and cleaning of the attendees).
On the other hand, question the right to go to any part of a "gentleman citizen world "for what you think about the laws of this country, man, is wee bit ugly from a democratic culture. Especially when it is a simplification so simple (forgive the redundancy) as Mr. Vega and when the said city has not dared to never questioned the legitimacy of the English courts at any time, although the fevered imagination of some English political leaders have so held (and reveals the doctrine where they get these "free thinkers").
What happens is that the Catholic Church 2,000 years has been witnessing that human dignity does not depend on opinions or the opinions and consensus of the ages and ideologies. What bothers some, ultimately, is what Pope Benedict opine, but the very existence of the Church and its doctrine. Wanted to completely erase the history and geography of the world, seeing only the flaws and inconsistencies of Christians and not the good and the contributions he has made. Back to what I said earlier: God bless the holy freedom he has given us! Believe me, nobody is going to burn at the stake for not going to see Citizen Benito. I hope, at least, not defame and respect the freedom of those who do want to go to him. Much to ask is for the level of some "intellectuals" and "freethinkers?, I think.
(1) The right to free religious expression fair to say, today you can not practice freely in Spain (eg the Barcelona Autonomous University in Madrid ...)
(2) I put in colloquial plan, I'd rather Benito Benedicto it is the same and more hearty and here.
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