By Rich Kozlovich
One of my favorite movies is A Man for All Seasons, the Paul Scofield version, which I wish appeared more often. This movie presents Sir Thomas More to be a man courage, knowledge, intelligence and impeccable logic, dealing with the issue of King Henry VIII and his abandonment of his wife in order to marry another who could provide a son and heir. More was arrested and put on trial for treason.
During the trial Richard Rich,
having sworn under oath to tell the truth, lied about Sir Thomas, a lie
which condemned him. Although the outcome was predetermined this lie gave cover to justify the death sentence.
Sir Thomas More commented, "In good faith, Rich, I am sorrier for your
perjury than my peril". As Rich was walking away from the witness
stand, Sir Thomas says, "I have one question to ask the witness. That's a
chain of office you are wearing. May I see it? The red dragon. What's
this?" Cromwell replies, "Sir Richard is appointed Attorney-General for
Wales". More says, "For Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing
to give his soul for the whole world . . . But for Wales!"
Thomas Cromwell was
the chief enforcer for Henry VIII, and during his time England broke
with the papacy and thus came one of the largest transfers of wealth in
the history of England. The King, now the Supreme Head of the Church of
England, transferred all the property belonging to the monasteries into
his hands, which was about a third of all the land in England.”
When I see what passes for integrity in politics, I can't help but see
Scofield in my mind saying, "But Richard, for Wales"! And I shake my head chuckle to
myself.
Being a man for all seasons isn't for the faint of heart and it
requires a strong moral foundation that's hard to maintain once in
politics, assuming it was there in the first place.
Western civilization is crashing, and the leaders of the west are responsible, including the religious leaders of the main line churches, and Henry VIII's Anglican Church, which has been a far left bastion for many decades, is in the news big time now.
In Denver a minister of the First Baptist Church says abortion protects children's lives, and ya gotta read the demented rationale for yourself. The
left keeps using logical fallacies to try and make insanity seem
rational. Conservatives are not so much pro-life, as they’re
anti-abortion. There’s a difference between murdering the innocent
unborn and executing guilty criminals who’ve committed murder. Conservative
support of the death penalty is in reality a pro-life position since
they’re executing murders who’ve taken innocent lives, and if allowed to
go free would continue to take innocent lives.
Churches across the West are twisting themselves into shapes no apostle
would recognize — bending like pretzels to please a secular society. "They
update doctrines, rewrite homilies, and water down long-held beliefs,
all in hopes of attracting people who rarely show up anyway". And now the
Church of England has chosen its new leader: Dame Sarah Mullally, "hailed as a “theological liberal” and celebrated for her progressive
stances. But it raises a fair question: does the Archbishop believe in
the Christianity she is meant to lead, or only in a softened imitation
of it?" Since it's clear they don't believe the Bible is God's word, perhaps they should be asked if they believe there is a God? If people are what they do, then their actions say ... no!
The Anglican Communion is now in schism, crashing over the woke ideology being
embraced by the home church in England by their appointment of a woman as the Archbishop of Canterbury, a pro-choice feminist and a supporter of LGBT inclusion Here, Here, and Here as the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans have excommunicated pro-LGBT clergy, including Archbishop of Canterbury. It's being claimed the Anglican Church could now lose 40 million members.
The United Methodist Church in Milwaukee describes itself as: “Jesus Rooted, Justice Centered, Radically
Inclusive,” a Q Worship Collective describes them as “a church that is
being recreated and reimagined by people who were historically denied
access to traditional Christian leadership”, playing a lesbian love song for worship.
When Pope Francis died and Pope Leo XIV was installed there was a lot of discussion over whether or not he was an acolyte of Pope Francis. It was my view he wouldn't have been chosen if he wasn't....and he is.
As you read my list of Pope Francis' actions and views, you will find Leo XIV and Francis are in total harmony. He's against deportation supporting open borders, irrespective of the human disaster open migration has caused in Europe. Seems to think abortion is ok, but the death penalty is wrong, embraces all the far left environmental insanities, especially the mass scientific fraud of global warming by blessing a block of ice. Imagine that! One writer asks, if people can remember when the concern of Popes was on saving souls and not blocks of ice. But now he's gone a step farther. He's put a Muslim prayer room in the Vatican. While some may view this as inclusion, Muslims view this as victory over their historical enemy, and one they still wish to destroy.
For the Pope
to take such irrational positions shows he really is a Pope Francis
acolyte, but let’s not kid ourselves, this is a pattern playing out all
over the world with “Christian” church leaders like the new Archbishop
of Canterbury, twisting Christianity into shapes neither Christ nor his
apostles would recognize or approve of, in an attempt to appeal to
people who don’t believe, won't support, and in point of fact hate Christianity.
Western civilization is predicated on Judaic/Christian values and principles, to which Islam is totally antithetical. All around the western world these nation's leaders are destroying their cultures with immigration of Muslims who hate western civilization, who are not assimilating, and do not want to assimilate. Immigrants that are mostly made up by single young men, with a penchant to violence, rape, murder, and theft, all acceptable to Islam against the infidel.
- Germany, rest of Western Europe under siege - They are not being welcoming -- they are being conquered.
- UK Police Warn Brits Against Raising Flags -Not Hamas or Al Qaeda flags. The flags of England.
- The West Conquers Itself
Years ago I predicted that at some point Europeans are going to revolt against these abuses, and that's now happening in Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, and it will spread, it will grow, and if these elitist European run governments aren't kicked out the violence will grow and be almost impossible to contain.
This is Sharia.
- Death toll from Islamists' terrorism surges past 52,500 - Since 2009, Islamists – including Boko Haram and outside terrorist groups such as ISIS – have killed at least 52,500 Christians and displaced another 5 million of them, while destroying some 18,000 churches and setting 2,200 schools ablaze, according to a 2023 report by the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law. ...................."Nigerian Christians are being targeted and executed for their faith by Islamist terrorist groups," Cruz said in a statement, "and are being forced to submit to sharia law and blasphemy laws across Nigeria.
- Off the radar October 23, 2025 - Christians are being slaughtered like cattle in Nigeria, and they’re met with global indifference.
- Spain Surrenders Christianity: Priest Faces 3 Years in Prison - Spain is preparing to make history—for all the wrong reasons. On October 1, 2025, Father Custodio Ballester, a priest of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, stood before the Provincial Court of Málaga, accused of committing a so-called “hate crime” for criticizing Islam. He now faces three years in prison and a period of eight years’ disqualification from teaching. If convicted, Ballester would become the first priest in modern Spain imprisoned simply for speaking the truth about Islam, while the very ideology that enslaved their ancestors for centuries, that still persecutes and murders Christians worldwide, is shielded from criticism by Spanish authorities.
- Genocide Against Christians? That's Not News. - As we approach the second anniversary of Hamas mercilessly slaughtering 1,200 human beings on Oct. 7, 2023, our media remind us daily of the death toll of Palestinians, according to the "Gaza Health Ministry," which is run by Hamas...
- It’s All about Sharia - At a time when America finds itself dealing with pro-terrorist rallies on college campuses, the U.S. government providing military arms and equipment to Islamic countries, and Americans deeply concerned about impending terrorist threats and Islamic law (sharia) being imposed and adjudicated in local communities, how does the average person come to understand these issues? How can an effective solution be reached when few really seem to know what is going on? It is helpful to begin with the understanding that the Islamic world sees everything through the same lens. That lens is sharia. In Islam, sharia — “Allah’s divine law” — is the blueprint for how to live. It is what Islam seeks to impose on the Earth.......
What I find particularly interesting is as religious leaders are acting as if there's no God, more scientists are coming to the conclusion there's more than enough evidence to show there must be a God.
Imagine that!
