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RUSH: Now to the pope. Saturday in Yonkers, a youth rally at St.
Joseph's Seminary. I said earlier that the pope knows more about American
history than a lot of Americans do. He does love this country, and he
knows
more about what's happening here cultural, the challenges the country
faces
than a lot of Americans do. Here is a ****tion of his remarks, again
Saturday in Yonkers, youth rally, 25,000 minimum at St. Joseph's Seminary.
POPE: Some today argue that respect for freedom of the individual
makes it wrong to seek truth, including the truth about what is good. In
some circles to speak of truth is seen as controversial or divisive, and
consequently best kept in the private sphere. And in truth's place -- or
better said its absence -- an idea has spread which, in giving value to
everything indiscriminately, claims to assure freedom and to liberate
conscience. This we call relativism. But what purpose has a "freedom"
which,
in disregarding truth, pursues what is false or wrong? How many young
people
have been offered a hand which in the name of freedom or experience has
led
them to addiction, to moral or intellectual confusion, to hurt, to a loss
of
self-respect, even to despair and so tragically and sadly to the taking of
their own life?
RUSH: Now, this to me, I found this fascinating, when he was
talking
about the concept of freedom here. Let me, ladies and gentlemen, focus on
this. He starts by saying, "Some today argue that respect for freedom of
the individual makes it wrong to seek truth, including the truth about
what
is good. In some circles to speak of truth is seen as controversial or
divisive, and consequently best kept in the private sphere." What this
means is, truth is arrived at in a black and white way. Good and bad, good
and evil, arrived at in a black and white way. The relativists don't want
there to be any bad; they don't want there to be any wrong. Therefore
there
can't be any good. There just IS. You are free to do whatever you want,
and
anybody who condemns you is to be called on it. Now, the concept of
freedom
is not that. That is not what freedom is. Not in terms of our founding
and
not in terms of the way the pope was speaking about it here, because
freedom -- you know, we are all born as young little savages.
I know our babies look cute, and they goo-goo around and they spit
up
and do all these wonderfully cute things that people love, but if they
weren't socialized by parents -- if they weren't taught morality, if they
weren't taught right and wrong -- they'd grow up savages. Many do. It is
not a natural human thing to constraint one's self. It is not a natural
human thing to restrain one's self. One has to be taught these things,
and
they're taught in a black-and-white way: right and wrong, good and evil,
and
that constitutes a functioning freedom. He's talking here about the moral
relativism of nothing being wrong and nothing being evil. If you choose
to
do it, it's okay. And then he proceeded to spell out the destruction that
lies ahead for people who chose this path, choose this path, or who are
taught this path. "But what purpose has a 'freedom' which, in
disregarding
truth, pursues what is false or wrong? How many young people have been
offered a hand which in the name of freedom or experience has led them to
addiction, to moral or intellectual confusion, to hurt, to a loss of
self-respect, even to despair and so tragically and sadly to the taking of
their own life?" Because nothing has meaning. Because there was no truth.
There was no good and evil. So people are desperately seeking for
meaning,
and you're not going to find it if you're unwilling to be open to truth;
if
you're taught to reject it because it's somebody's discrimination against
you or somebody's judgmentalism against you. I thought this was... Well,
most of what the pope said over the weekend was profound. It was in awe.
I
was in awe of the crowds. Here's another ****tion of his remarks. Same
place, St. Joseph's Seminary Saturday in Yonkers.
POPE: Dear friends, truth is not an imposition. Nor is it simply a
set of rules. It is a discovery of the One who never fails us; the One
whom
we can always trust. In seeking truth we come to live by belief because
ultimately truth is a person: Jesus Christ. (applause) That is why
authentic
freedom is not an opting out. It is an opting in; nothing less than
letting
go of self and allowing oneself to be drawn into Christ's very being for
others.
RUSH: There is more, and we'll get to it after this brief EIB
obscene
profit time-out.
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RUSH: The pope left for Rome last night from hangar 19 out at JFK.
There were about 3,200 people out there for the departure ceremony, and he
flew on an Alitalia Boeing 777, and it was dubbed Shepherd 1, and Vice
President Cheney was the government representative at the departure
ceremony. We have two sound bites from the remarks of Vice President
Cheney.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Your Holiness, on your first apostolic visit to
the United States, you've encountered a nation facing many challenges, but
with more blessings than any of us could number. You have met a people of
resonating faith who affirm that our nation was founded under God, who
seek
his purposes and bow to his will. You have seen a country where the torch
of freedom, equality, and tolerance will always be held high; a country
where you, a herald of the gospel of Jesus Christ and a leader of the
Roman
Catholic Church, will always be welcome. (applause)
RUSH: Right on, right on, right on. Vice President Cheney
continued.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: You have moved us in particular by your visit
to
Ground Zero. (applause) There you prayed for eternal light and peace upon
the innocent victims of September 11th, 2001. And you asked that the rest
of us may live so that all who died on that morning may not have been lost
in vain. That is our daily meditation as well, and it remains our daily
prayer.
RUSH: And the pope, we had just one sound bite from his final words
as he left the country.
POPE: My visit this morning to Ground Zero will remain firmly
etched
in my memory, as I continue to pray for the souls who died and for all who
suffered in consequence of the tragedy that occurred there in 2001. For
all
the people of America and indeed throughout the world, I pray that the
future will bring increased fraternity and solidarity as well as a mutual
respect and a renewed trust and confidence in God, our Heavenly Father.
With these words, I take my leave. I ask you to remember me in your
prayers
and I assure you of my affection and friend****p in the Lord. May God
bless
America! (wild cheers and applause)
RUSH: (laughing) Is that not great? That is just great. Did you
hear
that applause erupt? Here's somebody... I mean, "God bless America" is
said
by rote all the time by people. It is interpreted as by rote, just
perfunctory. When he says it, you know he means it. It sounds special.
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