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By Bishop Fred Henry

Prior to becoming Pope, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio on May 25, 2012, gave a “Te Deum” homily commemorating the establishment of Argentina’s first national government following the revolution of 1810.

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The major thrust of his homily was that only the commandment of love, in all of its simplicity — steady, unassuming, but firm in conviction and in commitment to others — can save us. We need to reroot ourselves in a sovereign love that is simple and deep, to love God above all else and our neighbour as ourselves.

Two forms of deception impede the realization of any plan as a nation, i.e., the madness of relativism and the madness of power as a monolithic ideology.

“Relativism, under the guise of respect for differences, is homogenized into transgression and demagoguery; it allows anything, because it wishes to avoid being burdened by all the inconveniences required of a mature courage to uphold values and principles. Relativism, is curiously, absolutist and totalitarian. Relativism does not allow for any differing opinion. In no way does it differ from an attitude of “shut up” or “don’t get involved.”’