Pope Francis saved all his conservative civic and social-issues message for the various heads-of-state gathered at the UN General Assembly in New York.

The Pope praised human rights norms that are championed in UN documents — but then scolded their misuse. “When, on the other hand, the norm is considered simply as an instrument to be used whenever it proves favorable, and to be avoided when it is not, a true Pandora’s box is opened, releasing uncontrollable forces which gravely harm defenseless populations, the cultural milieu and even the biological environment,” he said.

While Francis was low-key on social issues in Washington, D.C. and even told the U.S. Bishops they should not speak in divisive language, in his speech to the UN this morning he referred to “falsely universalist ideologies… capable of perpetrating tremendous atrocities.”

The meaning of “falsely universalist ideologies” becomes clear when he also condemns “ideological colonialism,” something the African Bishops have complained about for years. That is a direct reference to the work of some UN agencies and powerful NGOs who have used UN development money to export western-style ideas of human sexuality including contraception, abortion, and a redefinition of the family to include homosexual couples and the new transgender movement.

Read the article “Pope Francis Delivers Social-Issues Message to U.N. Audience” on breitbart.com.