02/09/2004: "The governments of the world continue to be more secular"

This article highlights a number of incidents around the globe that further point to the de-Christianization of western governments. Sometimes I'm not so sure that is a bad thing. There are good reasons for The Church to not be overly tangled in governmental politics. I think it was a very good thing for the Vatican to no longer be the capital of Italy and more concerned with religious affairs.

But what news like this does clearly show, is that we can no longer count on society to evangelize for us. It is now up to us, the consciously faithful, to spread Christ's word to the world. No one is going to do it for us. Not our public schools, not our holiday cheer at the mall, not our employers and definitely not our government. It's time we all picked up our crosses and followed Him by making a more concerted effort to bring Him to our increasingly secular society. We need to do this not to de-secularize society, but to help all find divine mercy.