I’m with the pope on this, in a way.
In the bible, names are extremely important. God Himself changed Abram’s name to something different when He entered into a covenant relationship with him. Peter’s name also became “the rock”.
As I get older, I see people often do get some definition from their name. They look for some important meaning and internalize it. My kids often mention to me the meaning of their names, as a tie with their ancestry and the original Greek.
I can’t help but feel someone named “Tiffany” or “Chanel” is more likely to feel like “decor” rather than someone named after a biblical character or an ancestor. A child has their name their whole life, and it does define them, in certain ways.
You are exactly right.
Traditional names carry tradition and meaning of culture to future generations. Destroy traditions and you destroy the culture. The transmission of culture gives more meaning to life and children and make them feel special, and not just accidental animals. (Can’t have that in communism).
The Pope knows the Marxists are trying to destroy all traditions so they can redefine every aspect of culture—Destroy Natural Law Theory and the definition of right and wrong to make it meaningless and Godless since Natural Law is based on God’s Law.
Killing traditions kills history. Marxists need to erase history to erase the flaws of Marxism and destroy the ideas of freedom and individualism which the Christian God creates.......that importance of every single person.
Marxist want to kill the useless eaters so Christianity is anathema to them.
Then anything becomes good which man decides—not God. Like homosexual acts, pederasty and abortion—all were rampant in pagan, godless cultures.