News Journal of January 13, 2012: They Are Not Fitly United

We had observed how peoples are divided in the world of politics, even within the same parties of shared, governmental ideals. Isn't it true within large corporations there are top executives having principle disputes leading to opposing sides. Yet, what about big-time religion, of Christendom, are the leaders of her flocks united in peace in their objectives? Take one, social matter as same-sex marriage the disagreements among church heads are not uneasy to find. The answer been repeatedly stressed over variable, world issues, in many lands including Mexico.
The nation is likely one of the most violent lands to dwell in due to the bloody drug war. There is a existing disagreement between the Catholic Church and one of their Mexican bishops, an award-honored, human rights crusader. The church according to The Christian Science Monitor is supporting the Mexican government using the military to combat powerful drug cartels. However the Saltillo city bishop, Jose Raul Lopez Vera believes human right abuses were committed by the state. In spite of their differences the church and Lopez were unable to have slowed an 11% increase of drug-related murders in Mexico over the past year. Current statistics indicate there had been over 37,000 drug related killings within the past, five years from 2006 to mid-February, 2011.
You realized the disagreements had been global, right? During 2011 in Germany the church leaders were split among themselves on the issues of celibacy and priestly ordination of women. The same year bishops in Ghana were divided on the acceptance of practicing homosexuals into their worship. In addition in 2011 the bishops in Ireland also had differencing views on their church's position on homosexuality. When you add the subject of politics, especially in the US, there are other noted conflicts. Who of them will (or would not) support whatever, presidential candidate in the elections, Democrat or Republican? Of all of this do you wonder what single matter Catholic or Christendom leaders are completely united on. You may not want to frustrate the pope with that inquiry of vast disunity.

cartoon by curtis w. jackson