Pastoral Director for Westminster Archbishop Calls Britain a “Selfish and Hedonistic Wasteland”

No question where this Catholic layman, Edmund Adamus, stands. He speaks with a clear tone of righteous indignation. Some question his timing, being that the pope will be visiting Britain in two weeks. Perhaps he is hoping that such a forthright assessment of Anglo-reality (and western reality) will preempt what could be a mere diplomatic mission into being a more provocative one that will truly spur on the loyal Catholics who have the potential to become a catalyst for a Catholic contra-reform in Britain.

It remains to be seen. Pope Benedict is not going to Great Britain as a tourist. He is on a mission. And this is even evidenced by the opposition, played up by the media, who would hardly be concerned were this pope ambiguous on the moral issues of the day. Our Holy Father is also now the leader of the thousands of Traditional Anglican Catholics who have returned (and are returning) to the unity of the one true Church.

At this time the words of Edmund Adamus are right on. And they could be said for all of Europe and the Americas. Is this a prudent way for a very prominent and influential Catholic layman to prepare the ground in his homeland for a papal visit? Absolutely! To be silent would be to put one’s light under a bushel basket. God bless Mr. Adamus. The Church sorely needs zealous laymen like this advising our religious leaders “in season and out of season.”

Telegraph.co.uk reports: Edmund Adamus, an adviser to the Archbishop of Westminster, said five decades of liberalising abortion and gay rights laws had made Britain more anti-Catholic than countries where Christians can be subjected to violent persecution. Read more here.