I do not understand the Catholic News Service article in the Oct. 9 edition of the Catholic News Herald, "Vatican says pope's meeting with Ky. clerk is not an endorsement."
Of course the pope and the Catholic Church endorse Kim Davis. The Catechism of the Catholic Church – specifically sections 2335, 2337, 1639 and 1641 – provides just a few points of the Church's teaching on the nature of marriage. What Kim Davis is doing is exactly what all Christians are called to do. We are to live the Gospel even if we are persecuted for spreading God's truth.
To love is to show someone when they are in error and inform them when they are hurting their soul. In this upcoming Year of Mercy, we as God's people need to focus on spiritual works of mercy. Our souls are the most important part of our human nature. Love should always be our moving force. We must admonish the sinner and instruct the ignorant. We must do this by helping people understand and learn the truths which God has revealed to us.
Our world is thirsty for truth and we tire from the truths being changed, where right becomes wrong and wrong becomes right. The verse from Amos 8:11-12 is worth pondering.
We as a world are under judgment, and that is why we continue to lose on every front. Christians need to turn back to God because He is the light. I pray for moral strength for ourselves and our shepherds every day, because we all need it so much.
— Michael W. Doub lives in Hamptonville, N.C.