Lex Anteinternet: The West. Was, No, he didn't.

In an age of relativism, orthodoxy is the only possible rebellion left.

Dr Peter Kreeft

Lex Anteinternet: No, he didn't.:  A headline: Pope Francis signals openness to Catholic Church blessing of same-sex unions. Marriage remains off table He didn't say that...

It's striking how much of the angst those of us in the West endure on a daily basis, in everything, is unique to us.

The Western world, that is.

The entire gender based who is attracted to whom, and gender confusion, is a Western, largely European (of which European Americans are part) thing.

We aren't the entire world.

And we're an eclipsing part of it.

In terms of religion, it's orthodoxy, not what we in the west are experiencing at some levels (but are on others), that's on the rise.  In Africa, the churches, Catholic and Protestant, are orthodox.  And in terms of Catholicism, on the rise.

Culturally, the entire self obsessed gender thing, well that's our deal too.

And economically, we're not once we once were, and will get less so.

And perhaps that's a good thing.

In the Catholic world, it's already the case that parishes are often served by orthodox African priests.  In the Anglican World, the conservatives look towards Africa as well.  As the generation that came of age in the 60s and 70s ages out, much of this will be much more evident.

As will the rise of cultural conservatism in younger generations.  Just the other day, a survey of Australian Catholic women revealed that younger women were more conservative and less willing to make changes in the Church than older ones. And while this may surprise, it's large the case that post Boomer generations are weary of the experimentation to a larger degree than might be suspected, where they aren't being ripped up by it in the secular world.