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<p>ROME, May 17, 2019 (<a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com">LifeSiteNews</a>)
― <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Cardinal Raymond Burke said today </b></span>that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>patriotism is required by
natural law</b></span> and <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>that God</b></span> “in accord with the order written upon the
human heart,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> does not make</b><b> just and legitimate</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>a single global
government.”</b></span> </p>
<p>Cardinal Burke gave an address to the Rome Life Forum this morning in
Rome titled <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>“Filial piety and national patriotism as essential virtues
of citizens of heaven at work on earth”</b></span> (read full talk below or <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/images/local/files/PDFs/PRESENTATION_Rome_Life_Forum_Filial_Piety_and_National_Patriotism_as_Essential_Virtues_Angelicum_Roma_2019May17.pdf">here</a>).<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>
His talk comes</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>at a time when there is not only a push from<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> secular
authorities</span> but also from top leaders within <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the Church </span>for a
supranational legally constituted body to implement<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> "climate change"
policies</span> and enforce UN Sustainable Development Goals around the world. </b></span></p>
<p>Near the end of his talk, the cardinal said that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>“divine law” enables
us to see</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>that a one world government would be "totalitarian."</b></span></p>
<p>"Before the challenges of our time, there are those who propose and
work for <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>a single global govern</b><b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">ment</span>, that is, for the elimination of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">
individual national governments,</span> so that <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">all of humanity</span> would be under
the control of a single political authority. </b></span>For those who are convinced
that the only way to achieve the common good is<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> the concentration of
all government in a single authority</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>loyalty to one’s homeland or
patriotism</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>has become an evil,</b></span>" he said. </p>
<p>"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.</p>
<p>The Cardinal said that the "<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>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
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">heaven</span> with <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">earth</span> by their forces alone, building the Tower of Babel.</b></span>” </p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>“On the contrary, God meets us and orders our lives for the good in the family and in the homeland.” </b></span></p>
<p>Burke began his talk by introducing the twin concepts of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>piety and
patriotism</b></span>. Our relationship with our homeland “demands of us the
practise of that part of piety is called patriotism,” he said. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Love of
one’s own country is not <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">a sin</span></b></span> but, the cardinal said,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> included in the
Fourth Commandment, which is to love one’s mother and father</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>St. Thomas
Aquinas </b></span>reflected this relationship when he<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> t</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">aught </span>that “man is debtor
chiefly to his parents and his country, after God.</b></span> 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.”</p>
<p>Burke drew from this that<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> patriotism is required by natural law.</b></span> He cited the <em>New Catholic Encyclopedia</em>
to illustrate how “<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>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.” </b></span></p>
<p>Looking at the historical relationship between piety and patriotism, the cardinal observed how the Latin adjective “<em>pius</em>,”
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”: </p>
<p>“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.</p>
<p>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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> attested to in the Letters of St. Peter and St. Paul.
The Catechism of the Council of Trent,</b></span> he said, explained how <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the “honor
given to <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">civil rulers</span> is essentially connected to the honor which we
owe, above all, to God.” </b></span></p>
<p>But <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>this Catechism also recognizes</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>that some civil rulers are evil </b></span>
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 <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>the commands of civil rulers, if contrary to</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the moral law</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>should
not be</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> obeyed. </b></span></p>
<p>Cardinal Burke reflected that <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>today many governments, not recognizing</b></span>
<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>that their authority comes from <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">God</span></b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>make laws contrary to</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the moral
law: </b></span></p>
<p>“In our time, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>many governments </b></span>fail to or refuse to recognize that
their authority comes from God, and, therefore, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>make laws which violate
directly and grievously</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> the moral law</b></span>,<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> for example, regarding</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> 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</b></span>,” he said.</p>
<p>“<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>In many societies</b></span>, there dominates an anti-life, anti-family, and
anti-religious culture in open <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>rebellion before</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> the good order with
which God has created us.” </b></span></p>
<p>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: </p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>“The Christian citizen must frequently fulfill the demands of
patriotism today by martyrdom, which is often white but sometimes red,</b></span>”
Burke said. </p>
<p>“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.”</p>
<p>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);<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> citizens must pay taxes, vote and defend their country, </b></span>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>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.” </b></span></p>
<p>After reiterating the divine edict against obeying immoral commands
from civil authorities, Burke brought up the question of <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>armed
resistance to <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">an unjust government</span>, </b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">which</span><b> is permissible under certain
circumstances</b></span>. 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.”</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>“Our personal identity comes principally from the family but also, </b></span>
and indeed because the family thrives only in wider society, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>from our
homeland. </b></span>That natural condition defines our rights and duties as a
citizen,” he said. </p>
<p>The cardinal also asserted that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>patriotism leads to a love of
neighbor that respects his love for his own homeland and unique
traditions</b></span>:</p>
<p>“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. </p>
<p>“<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Patriotism, in fact, fosters the virtue of charity which clearly
embraces citizens of other nations, recognizing and respecting their
distinct cultural and historical identity.”</b></span></p>
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<p>Talk by Cardinal Raymond Burke</p>
<p>Give at the Rome Life Forum, Rome, May 17, 2019</p></div>
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