At the Weekly Audience yesterday the Sovereign Pontiff made an urgent appeal to us all to protect the young from the various evils which assail them anew every day in the modern world. To us in the Order of Malta the young, as they set out on their Pilgrimage through life, are the successors of the pilgrims to Jerusalem whom we tended in the first centuries of our existence, beset by the Evil One in many enticing guises.
As His Holiness said : "Every effort must be made to protect children …", "Children are the future of the human family: all of us are expected to promote their growth, health and tranquility." He referred specifically to economic exploitation, saying "I appeal that every effort be made on the part of institutions to protect minors, by filling the economic and social gaps that underlie the distorted dynamic in which they are unfortunately involved."
In present months there have been grotesque attacks on the young in the form of sexual exploitation, using them to make publishing profits through the many 'youth' magazines aimed at corrupting their innocence. This is child abuse, quite simply, and an example of much that Pope Francis has in mind.
CitizenGo have teemed up with Enough is Enough to protest Condé Nast's Vogue magazine's youth imprint 'TeenVogue" which is encouraging children in lockdown to indulge in 'sexting' – for the majority of you who don't know what this means, it is the sending of immodest photographs of themselves by text message to friends. This is both morally corrupting, and deeply compromising to their future careers, as these images remain forever online, frequently resulting in blackmail and suicide. Please sign the protest petition HERE. as they rightly say, "a parent's worst nightmare."
If you have the stomach for it, you may see TeenVogue HERE. Not a pleasant sight.
NEXT: The United Nations is using the Coronavirus to dramatically promote Abortion across the developing work, as its humanist solution to the health problems. Dead children cannot catch a virus, and don't cost money – problem solved. Again CitizenGo has a petition. Please sign it HERE. This is extremely urgent. Do this before you leave this page.
The Devil is having ball during Coronavirus, but Knights of Malta have taken him on before – and won.
We must never loose heart, as Pope Francis tells us: "In our darkest moments, when we sin or are disoriented, we always have an appointment with God. We do not need to be afraid, because God will change our hearts and give us the blessing reserved for those who allow Him to change them." (from Yesterday's General Audience).
O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy up on us.
O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy up on us.
O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy up on us.
Our Lady of Philermo, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Blessed Gerard, pray for us.
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