Both what Leo XIV said and left unsaid in an audience this past week with participants of the Italian National Meeting of Catholic Religion Teachers left much to be desired when it comes to promoting the orthodox Catholic faith.>After taking a look at the empty and vague statements Prevost made, it is no wonder Catholic education is in the shocking state it is. Attendees at Catholic schools can often hardly pray the Rosary, are totally accepting of the LGBTQ lifestyle, see no problem with premarital sex, have zero clue what the Catholic faith teaches, and are completely onboard the false ecumenism train, happily on their way to perdition without an adult teacher in sight to change their fatal course.>One would thus expect that a papal discourse on Catholic education should naturally direct souls first and foremost to Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the salvation of souls, to the necessity of grace, repentance, sound doctrine, and the formation of children for Heaven. Instead, the dominant language of this speech sounded far more like modern therapeutic humanism than supernatural Catholic formation. Instead of the clear voice of Catholic tradition, one instead finds repeated appeals to “inner dialogue,” “listening to the heart,” “critical thinking,” and “walking alongside” young people.

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