The Worst of Religious Leaders: Errors, Lies, and Leading the Flock Astray

Cherry Vann has spoken and the BBC have reported her words.

She articulates one of the most common yet erroneaous assumptions of our age: That authenticity means doing what we feel comes naturally to us. Christianity has never agreed. Conversion to Christ is not the baptising of our preferences, desires, or instincts. It is the slow, often costly reordering of our lives to a truth that stands outside us. Jesus does not say “express yourself”, but “follow me”. That is why this debate matters. When Church leaders frame moral teaching as an attack on identity, something essential has been lost. The Christian life is not about doing what we fancy and asking God to bless it. It is about learning, sometimes painfully, that our desires are not our destiny. Explaining the goodness of that calling is not cruelty. It is not exclusion. It is the very heart of pastoral leadership. And it is precisely the task entrusted to bishops and archbishops. In our latest Catholic Unscripted article, we explore why abandoning moral reasoning in favour of emotional appeal undermines both truth and discipleship, and why the Church must once again teach not only what Christ asks of us, but why it is good. Read, reflect, and share if you believe the Gospel still calls us to transformation, not affirmation.

The full article is on CATHOLIC UNSCRIPTED HERE