Reasons and faithfulness to Revelation

However, that is not the fundamental reason for holy intransigence. Whatever belongs to the deposit of Revelation, what we know to be Catholic truth – trusting in God, who can neither deceive nor be deceived – cannot be an object of compromises, quite simply because it is the truth, and the truth does not admit of compromise.

Not giving way on the doctrine of the Faith

Have you ever thought what would happen if, for the sake of “tolerance”, all the changes that people might ask for were made to our holy Catholic faith? We might arrive at something on which all were agreed, a sort of religion characterised only by a vague inclination of the heart, by a sterile sentimentalism, which indeed (with a bit of good will) may be found in any yearning for the supernatural. This doctrine, however, would no longer be the doctrine of Christ, and it would not be a treasure of divine truths, but something human, that would neither save nor redeem. It would be salt that had become insipid.

The madness of capitulating on principles, the desire to downplay doctrinal differences and make concessions in the untouchable deposit Jesus has given to his Church, would lead to just such a catastrophe. The truth is one, my children, and whereas in human affairs it may be difficult to know where certainty lies, matters of faith are not like that.

There is only one true religion

By God’s grace, by which we were born into his Church at Baptism, we know that there is only one true religion, and on this point we are unyielding, intransigent, with holy intransigence. As I often say to you, is there anyone with common sense who is prepared to yield in something as simple as the sum of two and two? Would they accept that two and two are three and a half? Compromise in matters of faith is a sure sign that someone does not possess the truth, or is unaware that they possess it.