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[Emoke Greschik]

 Cdl. Burke: God doesn’t make one-world government ‘just and legitimate’

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cdl.-burke-god-does-not-make-one-world-government-just-and-legitimate

ROME, May 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews <https://www.lifesitenews.com>) ― *Cardinal
Raymond Burke said today *that *patriotism is required by natural law*
and *that
God* “in accord with the order written upon the human heart,* does not make**
just and legitimate* *a single global government.”*

Cardinal Burke gave an address to the Rome Life Forum this morning in Rome
titled *“Filial piety and national patriotism as essential virtues of
citizens of heaven at work on earth”* (read full talk below or here
<https://www.lifesitenews.com/images/local/files/PDFs/PRESENTATION_Rome_Life_Forum_Filial_Piety_and_National_Patriotism_as_Essential_Virtues_Angelicum_Roma_2019May17.pdf>
).* His talk comes* *at a time when there is not only a push from secular
authorities but also from top leaders within the Church for a supranational
legally constituted body to implement "climate change" policies and enforce
UN Sustainable Development Goals around the world. *

Near the end of his talk, the cardinal said that *“divine law” enables us
to see* *that a one world government would be "totalitarian."*

"Before the challenges of our time, there are those who propose and work
for *a single global govern**ment, that is, for the elimination of
individual national governments, so that all of humanity would be under the
control of a single political authority. *For those who are convinced that
the only way to achieve the common good is* the concentration of all
government in a single authority*, *loyalty to one’s homeland or
patriotism* *has
become an evil,*" he said.

"The divine authority, in accord with the order written upon the human
heart, does not make just and legitimate a single global government. In
fact, the divine law illumines our minds and hearts to see that such a
government would be, by definition, totalitarian, assuming the divine
authority over the governance of the world," he added.

The Cardinal said that the "*sinful pride which inspires the pursuit of a
single global government has been likened to the pride of our ancient
ancestors, after the Deluge, who thought that they could unite heaven with
earth by their forces alone, building the Tower of Babel.*”

*“On the contrary, God meets us and orders our lives for the good in the
family and in the homeland.” *

Burke began his talk by introducing the twin concepts of *piety and
patriotism*. Our relationship with our homeland “demands of us the practise
of that part of piety is called patriotism,” he said. *Love of one’s own
country is not a sin* but, the cardinal said,* included in the Fourth
Commandment, which is to love one’s mother and father*. *St. Thomas Aquinas
*reflected this relationship when he t*aught that “man is debtor chiefly to
his parents and his country, after God.* Wherefore just as it belongs to
religion to give worship to God, so does it belong to piety, in the second
place, to give worship to one’s parents and one’s country.”

Burke drew from this that* patriotism is required by natural law.* He cited
the *New Catholic Encyclopedia* to illustrate how “*the practice of
patriotism is a form of the charity by which we live fully the truth of our
being in its relationship with God and with the rest of His Creation.” *

Looking at the historical relationship between piety and patriotism, the
cardinal observed how the Latin adjective “*pius*,” ascribed to Roman
heroes, indicated, in the words of Anthony Esolen, doing “your duty by your
father and mother, your elders, your household gods, the city and state,
and the great gods above.” The cardinal stated that this old pagan virtue
has now perfected through the “grace of Christ”:

“Through the grace of Christ, the piety of the pagan world is elevated and
perfected to be a response to God, our Creator and Redeemer, who has
desired to bring us to life in Christ in the family and in a homeland,”
Burke said.

The cardinal spoke also of honor due to civil leaders as being “intimately
connected with the honor due to parents and the pastors of the Church” and*
attested to in the Letters of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Catechism of the
Council of Trent,* he said, explained how *the “honor given to civil rulers
is essentially connected to the honor which we owe, above all, to God.” *

But *this Catechism also recognizes* *that some civil rulers are evil * and
thus underscores that the honor shown them is not for their misdeeds but
for “the authority from God which they possess.” It also states that *the
commands of civil rulers, if contrary to* *the moral law*, *should not be**
obeyed. *

Cardinal Burke reflected that *today many governments, not recognizing* *that
their authority comes from God*, *make laws contrary to* *the moral law: *

“In our time, *many governments *fail to or refuse to recognize that their
authority comes from God, and, therefore, *make laws which violate directly
and grievously** the moral law*,* for example, regarding** the respect owed
to all human life, from the moment of conception to the moment of natural
death, regarding the integrity of human sexuality ordered to marriage and
the family, and regarding the free exercise of religion itself*,” he said.

“*In many societies*, there dominates an anti-life, anti-family, and
anti-religious culture in open *rebellion before** the good order with
which God has created us.” *

This has created a challenge for patriotism, the cardinal stated: how “to
show due respect for our homeland and its government, while at the same
time refusing to comply with unjust laws.” He praised Christians who have
bravely live this out, despite great suffering, and said that Christian
citizens are now being “frequently” called to be martyrs:

*“The Christian citizen must frequently fulfill the demands of patriotism
today by martyrdom, which is often white but sometimes red,*” Burke said.

“His witness to the truth of the moral law regularly meets with the white
martyrdom of indifference, ridicule and persecution, and even, in some
circumstance, with the red martyrdom of death.”

The cardinal noted also that the 1992 Catechism of St. John Paul II spoke
of the duties of civil authorities, citizens and even immigrants to their
new countries. Civil authorities must protect the God-given rights of the
individual (which do not include anything outside the moral order);*
citizens must pay taxes, vote and defend their country, * *and immigrants
must “respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the
country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying
civic burdens.”  *

After reiterating the divine edict against obeying immoral commands from
civil authorities, Burke brought up the question of *armed resistance to an
unjust government, *which* is permissible under certain circumstances*. He
then returned to the subject of patriotism, saying it teaches us to
recognize our “natural condition as members of a family and citizens of a
homeland.”

*“Our personal identity comes principally from the family but also, * and
indeed because the family thrives only in wider society, *from our
homeland. *That natural condition defines our rights and duties as a
citizen,” he said.

The cardinal also asserted that *patriotism leads to a love of neighbor
that respects his love for his own homeland and unique traditions*:

“It is clear that we and our homelands have responsibilities within the
international community, but those responsibilities can only be fulfilled
through a sound life in the family and in the homeland,” he said.

“*Patriotism, in fact, fosters the virtue of charity which clearly embraces
citizens of other nations, recognizing and respecting their distinct
cultural and historical identity.”*

***

Talk by Cardinal Raymond Burke

Give at the Rome Life Forum, Rome, May 17, 2019
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