"Renouncing the glamour of Satan in today's age means rejecting a culture where truth does not matter" and where "calumny and destruction" reign, he said. Christians reject "a culture that does not seek goodness, whose morality is really a mask to trick people and create destruction and confusion."

"Against this culture in which falsehood presents itself as truth and information, against this culture that seeks only material well-being and denies God, we say, 'no,'" the pope said.

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1. frreed wrote: As usual he is the voice of faith in world that worships the voice of “reason”.  He honors the Lord as His apostle.  Maybe Jesus had it right after all. “...And upon this rock…” June 12, 2:00 pm | [comment link]

2. Fr. Dow Sanderson wrote: ...and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. June 12, 4:32 pm | [comment link]

3. magnolia wrote: rock on pope b. June 12, 6:32 pm | [comment link]

4. Catholic Mom wrote: This guy is not too shabby. June 12, 7:30 pm | [comment link]

5. Ad Orientem wrote: Axios June 12, 8:17 pm | [comment link]

6. MichaelA wrote: Good on the pope for standing up for apostolic truth, as millions of other Christians do every day.  Some get more praise and attention, some get less, but all are looking for just one reward at the end: “Well done, good and faithful servant”. June 12, 8:44 pm | [comment link]

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