Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi
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| Synod of Doom |
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| Pope Pius XI condemns the evil Synod |
The errors of the just concluded Synod on the
Family, popularly known as the Synod of
Doom, are beginning to manifest gradually. The evil Synod champions—though indirectly—the
so-called sex education, by rejecting, contrary to Catholic doctrine, the right
of parents to choose to be the sole educators of their children in sexual
matters. The Magisterium of the
Church has actually prohibited classroom sex-ed. In the encyclical On Christian Education
of Youth, Pope Pius XI teaches: "Far too common is the error of those who with dangerous assurance
and under an ugly term propagate a so-called sex-education, falsely imagining
they can forearm youth against the dangers of sensuality by means purely
natural, such as a foolhardy initiation and precautionary instruction for all,
indiscriminately, even in public; ..." To emphasize the prohibition,
Pius XI asserts that "if, all things
considered, some private instruction is found necessary and opportune, from
those who hold from God the commission to teach and have the grace of state,
every precaution must be taken. Such precautions are well known in traditional
Christian education ..."
In
the same encyclical, in
the next few sentences, Pius XI explains the tradition, citing from Cardinal
Antoniano, companion of Saints Philip Neri and Charles Borromeo: "Hence it is of the highest importance
that a good father, while discussing with his son a matter so delicate, should
be well on his guard and not descend into details ..." Notice how the
Holy Father speaks of instructions in private, but certainly not in classrooms, no matter
if it be a part of the regular curriculum or a separate program.
Vatican II, on the contrary,
mandated sex education in Gravissimum
Educationis which states: “As they
grow older (children) should receive a positive and prudent education in
matters relating to sex”. Just one sentence—but it overturned five hundred
years of teaching by Saints, scholars and popes! Yet how many conservative
devotees of Vatican II, who have aggressively fought sex education, realise that
the Council gave it the green light? Pope John Paul II—proudly cited below by
Voice of the Family—also promoted sex education—in schools “controlled” by
parents and under the latter’s “attentive guidance”. In practice, of course,
there was no cooperation with concerned parents, which wasn’t surprising, as
the first principle of classroom education was breached, namely, that it is not
to be done—leave alone for 12 years!
It is interesting, really, to see
lay Catholics now coming out boldly to challenge the erroneous teachings of
their bishops, in whom—unfortunately—their trust has simply faded! These “Catholic”
bishops and cardinals worldwide have become real wolves, and they have become
not only completely useless to the Church, but also dangerous to the salvation
of souls, as the only thing they now have to offer to their flock is simply
poison. Indeed, it is now dangerous to attend some churches, because there you
will encounter these wolves. It’s just unfortunate!
Voice of the Family has just made the following
observations on the Synod of Doom:
257 Synod Fathers voted on
Saturday to approve a paragraph in the Relazione Finale of the
Ordinary Synod on the Family which rejects the right of parents to choose to be
the sole educators of their children in sexual matters.
The sentence, in paragraph 58 of
the document, reads:
“The family, while maintaining
its primary space in education (cf. Gravissimum Educationis,
3), cannot be the only place for teaching sexuality”.
This is directly contrary to the
teaching of the Catholic Church which is that the family can be
the only place for teaching sexuality if that is the choice that the parents
make.
In Familiaris
Consortio Pope
John Paul II taught:
“Sex education, which is a basic
right and duty of parents, must always be carried out under their attentive
guidance, whether at home or in educational centres chosen and controlled by
them. In this regard, the Church reaffirms the law of subsidiarity, which the
school is bound to observe when it cooperates in sex education, by entering
into the same spirit that animates the parents”. (No. 37)
In other words, parents can
choose to educate their children in sexual matters entirely at home, or they
can involve places of education if they so choose. It is absolutely wrong to
assert that the family “cannot be the only place for teaching sexuality.”
The Relazione
Finale reflects the agenda of the international institutions
There is an unequivocal
determination on the part of leading UN officials, and amongst many of the
world’s most powerful politicians, to prevent parents from exercising their
inalienable right to control their children’s education and formation.
A few months after Barack Obama
first became the US president it was confirmed that his administration would be
promoting legalised abortion throughout the world, targeting adolescents,
without reference to parents, in a worldwide abortion drive.
Despite the fact that Article 26
(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says “Parents have a prior
right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children”
powerful bodies such as the UN’s Compliance Committee for the Convention on the
Rights of the Child are putting pressure on developing nations, particularly
African nations, to give children from 12 years old access to contraception and
abortion. They do so by resorting to the false argument that a child’s right to
health requires states to legalise access to contraception and abortion, for
children as young as 12, and without the knowledge of parents.
In addition UNESCO and the World
Health Organisation, together with powerful western nations and
non-governmental organisations, are promoting anti-life and pornographic sex
education programmes which seek to eliminate the role of parents as the primary
educators and protectors of their children.
The freedom of parents to fulfil
their role as the primary educators of their children in sexual matters is
under severe threat worldwide due to sex education pushed by UN agencies, IPPF
and other bodies. In 2011, at the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN
in New York, the International
Planned Parenthood Federation, the Population Council and other
pro-abortion groups held a meeting to launch worldwide a massive programme
of so-called comprehensive sex education entitled: “It’s All One Curriculum“.
The Relazione
Finale reflects the current practice of the many bishops who already
undermine parental rights
The appalling record of the
Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales provides a particularly disturbing
example of the way in which the rights of parents and children are being
attacked from the within the Church.
In England and Wales young people
may have access to contraception and abortion in Catholic schools without the
knowledge of their parents, but with the cooperation of the Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. In addition, teachers in British
primary schools are being trained by “Stonewall”, a militant homosexual
“rights” group which has a policy that children must be taught that
they might grow up to “marry” a person of either sex. Training by Stonewall for
teachers is also happening in Catholic primary schools with the
co-operation of the local Catholic authorities.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the
Archbishop of Westminster, who played a leading role during the Ordinary
Synod, has collaborated with the UK government for years to implement damaging sex education
programmes in Catholic schools. During the period when Nichols was Archbishop
of Birmingham, the Diocesan Department of Religious Education, received funding
from the government’s pro-abortion, pro-contraception Teenage Pregnancy Unit
towards the creation of an explicit sex education programme for primary school
children. The program, called ‘All that I Am,’ is aimed at children below the
age of 11 and includes computer-generated images of naked men and women.
Archbishop Nichols also lent support to legislation that
included a clause that would have made sex and relationships education
compulsory from 5 to 16 years; government-backed resources for teaching primary
school children, include explicit images of male and female sex organs, lessons
on menstruation in mixed classes (boys and girls) and graphic details of sexual
intercourse. The bill would have led to pressure on schools to link sex
and relationships education to contraception and abortion services.
Fortunately, following a campaign launched by the Society for the
Protection of Unborn Children and other pro-life
pro-family organisations, the above clause was dropped from the legislation.
The episode was however one of
the many tragic episodes in which bishops have not only abandoned their flock
to the wolves, but have in fact joined with the wolves.
The Catholic laity must demand
that our rights as parents, and the rights of our children, be upheld and
defended by the bishops. The 257 bishops who voted to reject the full rights of
parents over their children’s education in sexuality must be held to account.
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