More to say on this soon, but here are two major reasons I love Caritas in Veritate:
- It’s acidic to liberals because the Holy Father expresses love in relationship to objective truth, which “[enables] men and women to let go of their subjective opinions and impressions, [allowing] them to move beyond cultural and historical limitations and to come together in the assessment of the value and substance of things.” Insisting that love is something other than what “feels good” in this day and age is akin to punching a liberal in the face.
- It’s acidic to conservatives because the encyclical reminds us that God often demands more than what is rationally just. God’s love – his willing the good for all of humanity – is bigger than all of that.
Meanwhile, I’ve enjoyed watching the fur fly.
