LET’S hope that
all this discussion about what is real
news as differentiated from fake news would lead us to
the conclusion
that the Good News of Christ’s gospel is the real news
meant for all
men for all time and for all situations.
It is what
should always be proclaimed and upheld as we go
through the different events and issues of our life. It
is what
contains the answers to all our questions, the solutions
to all our
problems including the humanly insoluble ones. It is what
gives
meaning and purpose to everything in our life. It is what
relates
everything to God, our Creator and Father, our source and
end.
No amount of
academic and intelligent discussion about
this issue can really help us to distinguish fake news
from real news
if God, the gospel and everything the gospel teaches,
like charity,
sincerity, justice, mercy, compassion, etc., are
marginalized. Without
God, we would be left with a very limited and even
subjective view of
reality.
We need to
overcome the bias that in our temporal and
mundane affairs any appeal to God and to religion is out
of place.
Quite the contrary is true. With God at the center, we
would know how
to discover, pursue, affirm and defend the truth in
charity. Without
God, we would just be left to our own devices, our own
rationalizations.
Let’s remember
that God is the source of all truth. That’s
why Christ said, “Everyone who belongs to the truth
listens to My
voice.” (Jn 18,37) And that’s because Christ is the Son
of God who
became man to redeem us. As such, he is the fullness of
the revelation
of God, of the Truth, to all of us!
And what would
happen if we put God aside in the pursuit
of truth and enlightenment in our earthly discussions?
Let’s quote
some words of St. Paul to give us an idea of would like
take place.
“Whoever
teaches something different and does not agree
with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the
religious
teaching,” he said, “is conceited, understanding nothing,
and has a
morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes.
“From these
come envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions,
and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds,
who are
deprived of the truth, supposing religion to be a means
of gain.”
(1Tim 6,3-4)
the toxic environment we have at the moment in the fields
of politics
especially, and also of the media.
of Christ’s gospel, any piece of news cannot be part of
the Good News.
It can only be a fake news, driven by worldly and
suspicious motives.
If not inspired by the charity of God, then any fact,
data or opinion,
no matter how objective and fair-sounding, cannot achieve
the status
of the truth, since truth and charity are inseparable.
issues without God at the center can lead us to the
realization that
only with God can we be in the truth. It’s only with God
can we have
real news and fair opinions.
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