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By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - “Too often in the West, religion is presented as an activity at the service of human well-being,” the Guinean cardinal continued. “Religion is equated with humanitarian action, acts of charity, welcoming migrants and the homeless, promoting universal brotherhood and world peace. Spirituality would be a form of personal development, there to bring a little relief to modern man, tending towards his usual political and economic activities.”... “While these issues are important,” Cardinal Sarah added, “this view of religion is wrong. Religion is not about food or humanitarian action. In the desert, it was the first temptation that Jesus rejected.”

By Hunter Leonard, Catholic Stand - The commandment against idolatry – a prohibition that to many seems to be a non-issue today – is the first commandment for good reason... The commandment against idolatry is given its primacy among the Ten Commandments because this command is intimately linked to the Lord’s moral authority over our lives and thus is at the heart of all the commandments. Far from being irrelevant today, the sin of idolatry is real and rampant today and is deeply connected to our day-to-day moral life, and adherence to the first commandment is necessary for true growth in the spiritual life.