Discipline embodies a new experiment in molding Catholic priests

By ERIC GORSKI

AP Religion Writer

updated 9:06 p.m. CT, Sat., Aug 29, 2009

DENVER – The seminarians’ wallets are empty, except for driver’s licenses and insurance cards. To buy cigarettes or clothes or anything else, they must ask their superiors for money — an exercise in obedience and a reminder that material things aren’t important.

They have virtually no time alone, on or off campus, and are required to travel in pairs, “two by two,” like Jesus’ disciples. They live in a world without cell phones or personal computers, and their evenings end promptly at 10.

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Letter from Kennedy that Obama hand-delivered to the Pope skirted abortion issue

Excerpts of Kennedy letter to pope and response

By The Associated Press (AP) – 16 hours ago

Excerpts of the letter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that President Barack Obama delivered to Pope Benedict XVI earlier this year and an account of the pope’s response, as read by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington:

“Most Holy Father I asked President Obama to personally hand deliver this letter to you. As a man of deep faith himself, he understands how important my Roman Catholic faith is to me, and I am so deeply grateful to him. I hope this letter finds you in good health. I pray that you have all of God’s blessings as you lead our church and inspire our world during these challenging times. I am writing with deep humility to ask that you pray for me as my own health declines.

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Editor’s note: Forgiveness of sins within the Sacrament of Reconciliation requires contrition, along with (at least) a firm purpose and real possibility of amendment, with the hope of genuine and permanent repentance, acccording to God’s grace, for the sins that we freely commit. We don’t know what the Senator may have confessed just prior to his death, but if his letter is any indication, this man who claimed his Catholic faith was so imporant to him obviously never learned the critical importance of a good confession. May God have mercy on the soul of this heretical Catholic who brought great scandal on the church, and who facilitated the unjust and gruesome destruction of tens of millions of unborn babies. 

More on this at Tom Roeser’s Blog

Human Life International’s Statement on the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy

Human Life International’s Statement on the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy

We must, as a matter of precept, pray for the salvation of heretical Catholics like Senator Edward Kennedy, but we do not have to praise him let alone extol him with the full honors of a public Catholic funeral and all the adulation that attends such an event. There was very little about Ted Kennedy’s life that deserves admiration from a spiritual or moral point of view. He was probably the worst example of a Catholic statesman that one can think of. When all is said and done, he has distorted the concept of what it means to be a Catholic in public life more than anyone else in leadership today.

Obviously we don’t know the state of Senator Edward Kennedy’s soul upon death. We don’t pretend to. We are told by the family that he had the opportunity to confess his sins before a priest, and his priest has said publicly he was “at peace” when he died. For that we are grateful. But it is one thing to confess one’s sins and for these matters to be kept, rightfully, private. It is another thing entirely for one who so consistently and publicly advocated for the destruction of unborn human beings to depart the stage without a public repudiation of these views, a public confession, as it were.

It is up to God to judge Senator Kennedy’s soul. We, as rational persons, must judge his actions, and his actions were not at all in line with one who values and carefully applies Church teaching on weighty matters. Ted Kennedy’s positions on a variety of issues have been a grave scandal for decades, and to honor this “catholic” champion of the culture of death with a Catholic funeral is unjust to those who have actually paid the price of fidelity. We now find out that President Obama will eulogize the Senator at his funeral, an indignity which, following on the heels of the Notre Dame fiasco, leaves faithful Catholics feeling sullied, desecrated and dehumanized by men who seem to look for opportunities to slap the Church in the face and do so with impunity simply because they have positions of power.

It is not enough for Kennedy to have been a “great guy behind the scenes” as we have seen him referred to even by his political opponents. It is also not praiseworthy to put a Catholic rhetorical veneer on his leftist politics that did nothing to advance true justice as the Church sees it or to advance the peace of Christ in this world. Every indication of Senator Kennedy’s career, every public appearance, every sound bite showed an acerbic, divisive and partisan political hack for whom party politics were much more infallible than Church doctrines. Whatever one’s political affiliation, if one is only “Catholic” to the extent that his faith rhymes with his party line, then his Catholicism is a fraud.

As the Scriptures remind us, there is a time for everything under the sun. This, now, is the time for honesty about our Faith and about those who are called to express it in the public forum. If we do not remind ourselves of the necessity of public confession for public sins such as Senator Kennedy was guilty of, then we are negligent in our embrace of the Faith and we are part of the problem. As Pope Benedict has reminded us recently, charity without truth can easily become mere sentimentality, and we must not fall into that error. A Catholic show of charity for the family must not eclipse the truth that is required of all with eyes to see and ears to hear.

Senator Kennedy needs to be sent to the afterlife with a private, family-only funeral and the prayers of the Church for the salvation of his immortal soul. He will not be missed by the unborn who he betrayed time and time again, nor by the rest of us who are laboring to undo the scandalous example of Catholicism that he gave to three generations of Americans.

Sincerely,

Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
President, Human Life International

What it’s like when life has no other meaning than Obama

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the factors in my life that lured me far Left for so long;  what captivated me and held me there even with mounting evidence that the ideology was bankrupt.  And why are millions still following the Pied Piper of Chicago, even though he’s looking increasingly more corrupt and vacuous?
             

And I’ve come to this: the Left is filled to the brim with people like me, who grew up in homes with God in permanent exile and various adults floating in and out in hot pursuit of self fulfillment. With no way to understand life, this realm starts looking like an unmanageable House of Horrors. The result: people turn to someone like Obama to engineer a whole new world.
        

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Canon lawyer’s opinion about propriety of Kennedy’s Catholic funeral Mass

Now, any man with a 100% rating from NARAL (to highlight just the tip of the iceberg of Teddy’s decades-long campaign against natural rights) has, to put it mildly, the burden of proof in seeking a Catholic funeral (okay, technically, his executors have the burden of proof, but you see the point) in that notorious pro-aborts seem to be “manifest sinners who cannot be granted ecclesiastical funerals without public scandal of the faithful.”

Unless, that is, “they gave some sign of repentance before death.” And there is at least some evidence that Ted Kennedy did just that.

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A suggestion from Randall Terry on House Bill 3200 (Obamacide Health Care)

Congressman Moran insisted that (federal) money would not pay for child-killing by abortion. This is a lie.

 

If Obama and Pelosi and Dean want us to believe them, there is something really simple they could do:

 

Obama, Dean, and Pelosi can prove they do not want child-killing by abortion in HR 3200; all they have to do put in the bill: ‘The Hyde Ammendment will remain in full force, and no public moneys will be used to pay for elective abortion.’ And, ‘No insurance carriers will be mandated to cover elective abortion.’ And, ‘Nothing in this bill guarantees the right to an abortion, nor equates women’s reproductivve health care needs to abortion.’ When they become explicit in the bill – like they are about coverage for illegal aliens – we will believe them. Until then, they are lying when they say this bill will not fund abortion.

I beg you to contact your Congressman, and urge him/her to add this type of language. Until they do, we can be assured that this bill will be the joy child of the Angel of Death. White House Switchboard: 202-224-3121 (Tell the operator where you’re from and they will connect you.)

Finally, if you like what we are doing, please give a gift as a show of support. The sumer months have been very difficult – and we are about out of funds. Go to www.OverturnRoe.com to give a gift. (GIfts are not tax-deductible.)

Please keep us in your prayers.

Randall Terry

Links to stories of last night:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/2009/08/screaming-town-hallers-take-on-moran-dean-each-other.php

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/26/health-care-town-hall-descends-into-chaos/

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/2009/08/screaming-town-hallers-take-on-moran-dean-each-other.php

From the road trip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_ZoYh74ok

What’s so special about a Roman Catholic priest? (A must read!)

Father Clement Machado – Are you a consumer of priests?

By JesusBeWithUs

Published August 17th, 2009

Say the word missionary and many think of a devoted priest hacking his way through a jungle to spread the Word of God.

Now meet Father Clement Machado—a modern missionary hacking his way through secular 21st century America, clouded Catholic thinking and even the work of the devil.

If you’re fortunate enough to hear him tell how the Blessed Virgin Mary visited him at the age of 11, you’ll learn that Mary showed him a vision of Hell and then of Heaven. He knew then that he was going to be a priest.

Father Machado—missionary, exorcist and a surprisingly humble and humorous priest—spoke before a crowd of around 450 on Sunday, Aug. 9th on the Roman Catholic priesthood and Pope Benedict’s declaration of the Year for Priests. He emphasized the year was for priests, not of priests. A year to pray for and celebrate the gift that God has given us through His priests.

What’s so special about a Roman Catholic priest?

The secular mass media, masters of distraction and confusion, as well as hell-bound Hollywood, often portray Roman Catholic priests as very ’special’ people—typically alcoholics, deviants, or pedophiles.

And many religious Protestants are no better, spreading vile anti-Catholicism—calling Pope John Paul II the Anti-Christ or ignorantly claiming that Roman Catholics worship idols. You would be hard pressed to find a Southern Baptist who thought a Catholic priest was equal to one of their ministers. And in a way, they’re very right. Priests are not the equals of Protestant ministers as you’ll see in a bit.

But worse than either Hollywood or the Protestants, both of whom you’d expect such attitudes and behavior from, are Catholics who are blessed to have priests, yet treat them only as a commodity, and not the special gift from God that priests are.

If Catholic priests aren’t so special, why does holy water do the job?

Father Machado quickly cleared through earthly media clutter and Protestant errors in thinking by recounting two recent events in his life—one involving the possessed daughter of a Protestant minister, another other involving an inmate in a New England prison, and another about life imitating art.

His point in telling these stories was to call attention to the fact that there is indeed something very special about a priest.

Holy water or Wally Water?

While visiting Kansas City recently, someone brought the misery of a Protestant minister to Father Machado’s attention. The minister’s young daughter was possessed and her father (let’s call him Wally) prayed fervently for her deliverance. He tried blessing water to drive the demon out, but the Wally Water didn’t work.

Desperate to help his daughter, the minister sneaked into a Catholic church for some Holy Water, brought it home and guess what? The demon in his daughter reacted immediately—and not so happily—to the Holy Water! A true Catholic exorcism was eventually performed and the daughter, freed now, is able to be a normal little girl again.

But was that the end of the story? Not quite. Minister Wally is now training to become a Catholic priest. True story!

Call a doctor (of the church), now!

Another account described how while in New England, Father Machado came across the plight of local prisoner. As Father Machado told it, a psychiatrist was called by the warden of a local prison who begged the psychiatrist to visit, but wouldn’t tell the doctor why.

The psychiatrist arrived and was led to a prison cell, where he saw a prisoner levitating in the center of his cell. The psychiatrist turned to the warden and said, “What do you expect me to do? You don’t need a psychiatrist, you need a priest!”

Fake priest, fake priest!

Even Hollywood is occasionally reminded that there is something very special about Catholic priests.

Father Machado told the story of a recent filming of an attempted exorcism performed by a Catholic priest.

The camera crew didn’t know the priest had a secret.

But the demoniac did.

As the cameras rolled, the demoniac turned and mocked the ‘exorcist’ yelling, ” Fake priest, fake priest, hahaha!” stunning everyone involved. It turned out that unbeknown to the filming crew the priest was an impostor. And Satan knew it.

Dial 1-800-PRIESTS?

Recalling Christ as Altar, Victim, and High Priest, Father Machado urged the crowd to avoid the secular trap of thinking of Christ, or His priests, as mere counselors or psychologists.

“The priesthood is a supernatural calling,” he said. “Christ the Priest is walking in our midst when we see a priest.” And that, he said, is a major difference between a Protestant minister and a Roman Catholic priest. Protestant ministers are symbols, whereas Christ is truly present in the priesthood.

This thinking is paralled, he said, when a Protestant considers the bread and wine a symbol, and Roman Catholics know that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist.

And this difference, symbolism vs. reality, is why only a Roman Catholic priest or bishop or above can truly exorcise salt and then water. And that is why a demon knows the difference when an exorcism is being performed (see sidebar).

Father Machado’s pointed out that in the declaration of the Year for Priests, Pope Benedict XVI said that “God is the only treasure which ultimately people desire to find in a priest.”

Rearrange that sentence and you can see three points the Pope is making in that one small sentence:

People are desiring something,

God is that desire, that treasure, who people are looking for,

And He can be found IN a priest.

Father Machado said to remember that the next time you see your parish priest. Your parish priest is not a psychologist or counselor. He’s not just a buddy to be invited over for a quick meal. He is a MAN OF GOD.

God is in and around your parish priest, he said. When a priest blesses you, your home or your car (and you should ask for all three!), it is Christ Himself flowing through your priest. When a priests baptises your child, God is working through your priest. When a priest celebrates Mass, Christ is there with him as the ultimate Priest, as well as being the Altar and Victim.

If you truly realize the supernatural nature of the priesthood, Father Machado said, it will change how you think and act around your priests.

Father Machado even went as far to say you can tell a good Catholic from bad simply by the way they treat a priest—do you think of your local priests and church as yet another service to be consumed, like that of a dentist, a school teacher, a postal worker, or God forbid a housecleaner?

“A priest is a sign to remind people of God, of the Sacred,” he said, not to be used or consumed and then not thought about until you need the priest or church again.

If you just show up to church on Sundays, you’re a consumer, he says. If you speak of priests in “pedestrian or blasé language,” you’re ignoring the sacred within them.

Yes, Father Machado said, a priest is human just like you and I. A priest is a sinner too, just like you and I.

But there is also something special about a priest too. Someone—Christ—is working through them. Just ask any demoniac. Or anyone who has been healed.

“Too many people treat priests and even the sacraments,” Father Machado said, “as commodities to be consumed.”

I know we have many consumers in our local parish. I’m always astounded as parishioners run for the exits, jostling with the priest as he makes his way for the door, desperately trying to get outside and greet the departing faithful! Too bad they’re already in their cars headed for the next shopping event.

(Father Clement Machado, a missionary of the Society of our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT), is well known on five continents for his apostolic preaching, evangelization and healing ministries. His apostolate also includes radio and television work, most notably appearances on Mother Angelica’s EWTN and Vatican Radio.)

The event mentioned above, Marantha “Come Lord Jesus,” was held Sunday, August 9th, at Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland. Mrs. Vickie Schneider and her husband sponsored the event, with many wonderful families from two cenacles in Maryland volunteering their time and efforts.

Give us more Holy Priests who are willing to preach on Sin and the need for Confession for the healing of our Souls and bodies.

Submitted by Bob Stanley, with thanks to Father Mark Wheelan

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Left-wing Jesuits at America have finally “lost it”

According to the editors of America Magazine:

Four steps are necessary for the U.S. church to escape the strengthening riptide of sectarian conflict and re-establish trust between universities and the hierarchy. First, the bishops’ discipline about speakers and awards at Catholic institutions should be narrowed to exclude from platforms and awards only those Catholics who explicitly oppose formal Catholic teaching. Second, in politics we must reaffirm the distinction between the authoritative teaching of moral principles and legitimate prudential differences in applying principles to public life. Third, all sides should return to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI that in politics there are usually several ways to attain the same goals. Finally, church leaders must promote the primacy of charity among Catholics who advocate different political options. For as the council declared, “The bonds which unite the faithful are mightier than anything which divides them” (“Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World,” No. 92).

Editor’s note: What are these guys smoking?

Here’s my four steps: 1) Keep those who advocate immoral and non-Catholic political and/or religious positions OUT of Catholic universities, no matter WHO they might be and no matter with whom they might be associated. 2) Keep those who advocate positions contrary to the authentic teachings of the Catholic Church (ESPECIALLY POLITICIANS and Professors) as far away from Catholic universities as possible. 3) Religion is not politics. Abortion is not health care. Universities should prepare students to be able to tell the difference. Christ demands that we Catholics know the truth and stand up for it … on campus or off. 4) Sometime, loving one’s neighbor means engaging in fraternal correction … especially when it comes to fundamental issues like abortion. Students need to know that there is no common ground between life and death. Both are absolute opposites. Charity demands that Catholics choose life, without reservation.

The guys at America should know better! Abortion remains primarily an ethical and moral issue that has so far claimed the lives of nearly a third of today’s under thirty population.

Abortion is no more a political issue than the Holocaust was, during World War II. Abortion remains the greatest moral evil of our times.

Pro-death politicians and the editors of America would LIKE us to believe that abortion is a political issue, but many of us are simply NOT that stupid! Abortion is a totally immoral act that just happens to have been temporarily decriminalized by a corrupt government.  But it will not stand, forever.  

Until then, we fight.

Want dialogue? Stop the killing. Then we can talk!

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“IN HOLOCAUST DEBATE, A CALL FOR OPEN MINDS ???

“This is arguably one of the most disastrous moments in American Catholic history in the last hundred years as the moral teaching authority of the Catholic Church in America was passed from the Bishops to President Obama, the most popular president in a generation. Given the commencement rostrum of the most revered Catholic University in the nation, Obama taught a rapt and mesmerized American people — Catholic or not — that they could disregard and dismiss the Catholic Church’s teaching on abortion (which goes all the way back to the Apostles) and consider the killing of children as something we need to learn to live with. He more than implied that the Church in her unequivocal condemnation of abortion and abortion promoting politicians was wrong.”

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Obama’s “No Abortion in Health Care Bill” Assertions are BOGUS – Factcheck.Org

In recent weeks, NRLC has seen a wave of “factcheck” commentaries in various mainstream news media, denying that the health bills being advanced by President Obama and top Democratic congressional leaders would result in government funding of abortion.  Some of these articles assert that government funding of abortion would be prevented by a federal law called the “Hyde Amendment,” some assert that it would be prevented by an amendment adopted in a House committee called the Capps Amendment, and some assert that President Obama himself has said that he agrees with a “tradition” that the government should not fund abortions. 

Regrettably, all three of those assertions are demonstrably false. Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans.

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Individual States Biggest Beneficiaries of Clunker Cash

Do the math:

Cash for Clunkers rebate: $3500 – $4500

Sales tax, license, title costs on a $30,000 car: $2550

State gets: 50 – 70% of the total

Some U.S. Jews protest Catholic document on salvation

The incredibly vague, wrong-headed, and misleading post-Vatican II position of many Catholic church leaders regarding the status of the Jews in relation to the New Covenant promises of Jesus Christ and the Church, form the back drop for the latest political move by Jewish extremists.

A substantial percentage of Jewish people have always rejected the Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ … and that’s their prerogative … but now it seems that some Jews would like the Gospel set aside, modified, and/or “dumbed down” in order to suit their particular beliefs.

Particularly troubling to these folks is the fact that the Catholic Church has always officially taught that the old Mosaic Covenant of the Jews was never capable of saving a soul … nor was it intended to … and that salvation is only typically and freely obtained by faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ, in and through his Catholic Church … which remains the universal sacrament of salvation for all.

All are invited to become Catholic … Jew … Gentile … without exception … since thanks to Jesus Christ … the  Catholic Church remains the ONLY “ark” of salvation. To do anything else would be anti-semetic … un-charitable … and in total opposition to Jesus’ “Great Commission”.

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Such is the true, enduring message of the Gospel … like it or not!

Up until the last forty years or so, the Church’s teachings and actions on this matter had been crystal clear. This is a non-negotiable position that has never changed … and never will … despite the modernist errors promoted by some of today’s politically correct Catholic clerics … and some others.

The Jewish extremists ought to hire a good Catholic theological consultant before they go off on one of their rants. It might save a whole lot of time, trouble, and frustration … and maybe even their souls.

Jesus saves … through his universal (Catholic) New Covenant Church. If Moses and the Old Covenant were indeed sufficient, then Jesus could have saved himself a whole lot of time and trouble! 

It’s that simple.

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Deep background

A Guiding Principle to the Debate on Healthcare: The Principle of Subsidiarity

Given the anti-Catholic bias in many circles, I must point out that the Catholic Church has no desire to gain power over the State, or even impose its teachings on those who do not share our Faith. Nevertheless, the Church offers her various social teachings, such as the Principle of Subsidiarity, as guiding principles in order to do Her part to promote reasonable dialogue and to make the Church’s own contribution toward the common goal of a just solution to social issues such as healthcare.

We do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initiatives arising from the different social forces and combines spontaneity with closeness to those in need (Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est , 28).

The Principle of Subsidiarity, which has been an integral part of Catholic Social teaching for over a century, states that only things that need to be done at the national or “federal” level should be done by a “federal” government; and allows for things that can be done at the local or smaller level to be done at the more local and smaller units of society. Where individuals, intermediary groups, or small private groups of persons can address the particular exigencies and realities of a given situation, it is best to defer to such smaller groups because human beings need some flexibility and autonomy in order to effectively address their particular circumstances.

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Catholics Step Up Fight Against ‘Unacceptable’ Healthcare Bill

Almost 13 percent of the nation’s 4,897 community hospitals are Catholic-run and often provide a higher percentage of public health and specialty services than other healthcare providers. Catholic healthcare facilities accounted for 20 percent of hospital admissions in 21 states and the District of Columbia last year, according to CNSNews.com. 

Last year, Catholic healthcare providers saw more than 16.9 million emergency room visits and 92.7 million outpatient visits, and they admitted more than 5.5 million patients.

The bishops have forcefully stated their opposition to healthcare reform that does not specifically exclude abortion and allow for conscience protection.

Advancing their arguments is Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, who chairs the pro-life committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Rigali told Congress in an Aug. 11 letter that healthcare reform must “respect human life and rights of conscience in the context of abortion.”

The bishops believe HR 3200, the healthcare reform legislation making its way through the House, could mandate abortion coverage.

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Obama “Credibility Gap” on health care getting wider

IS OBAMA LYING? OR JUST MISINFORMED?

President Obama went on BlogTalkRadio yesterday to address health care reform. At one point he told the left-wing religious audience, “You’ve heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true.”

Catholic League president Bill Donohue replied as follows:

On July 17, the House Committee on Ways and Means approved the America’s Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200). In the course of the debate, it considered the following amendment, sponsored by Rep. Eric Cantor:

No funds authorized under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for an abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion, except in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or unless the pregnancy is the result of an act of forcible rape or incest.

In other words, the amendment barred “government funding of abortion.” It failed: 19 voted for it and 22 voted against it.

Obama said yesterday that there is “a lot of misinformation” about this issue. So which is it? Was he lying when he said there would be no government funding of abortion? Or was he just misinformed? If it’s the latter, then someone needs to get him up to speed real fast. If it’s the former, then we have the makings of an ethical crisis in the White House.

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So…come out swinging. Let your solemn – and angry – voice be heard today. Use our letter, or write your own, but no matter what – tell them YOU WILL NOT BE A PART OF MURDERING THE INNOCENT.
           

God bless you.
               

And God help us to erase legalized child-killing from the face of the earth – starting here in America.

         

Randall Terry

 

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Catholic dogma on creation

The Church teaches that God created, that there was a primal human pair, Adam and Eve, and that they fell, and the human race fell in and with them. If that is denied, original sin would go with it. Theological liberals believe that, but not the Catholic Church. We teach that the fall was real and literal. We are also required to believe that God creates a human soul at conception: an act of special creation that cannot be measured by science, since it is not dealing with matter.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church treats the question of creation extensively (#279-314).

Anyone is perfectly free to believe in creationism and be a Catholic. No one is required to believe in evolution. All of that involves scientific questions beyond the purview of the Church (dogmas have to do with faith and morals).

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Deanna Favre says Catholic faith helped her fight cancer

Fans of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre relish counting the number of NFL records their hero owns. But Favre’s wife Deanna, a breast cancer survivor, finds comfort in counting her blessings.

The football star’s wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. She spent four months undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The following year, after her last radiation treatment, Deanna was declared cancer-free. She says the life-changing experience brought her closer to her husband and her Catholic faith.

“I just feel like, with faith, it helps me see the good in everything,” Deanna said in a telephone interview with The Compass, diocesan newspaper of Green Bay.

The Favres are members of St. Agnes Parish in Green Bay during football season and St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Hattiesburg, Miss., during the off-season. Brett and Deanna both grew up in Kiln, Miss.

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Obama uses shill “Catholic” groups to front for back door government funded abortions in health bill

During a Wednesday teleconference sponsored by the left-leaning religious organizations Catholics United, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Faith in Public Life, both White House Director of Domestic Policy Melody Barnes and President Obama denied that the health care bill would allow for federally funded abortions.

But according to Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, “public support for abortion is on decline, and the President knows that openly advancing an abortion mandate in health care reform is unpopular with the American people.”

“Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Obama’s statements conflict with the proposed legislation. Americans demand an explicit exclusion of abortion coverage, not more obfuscation and confusion from the President and his allies,” she added.

Note how presidential aid Melody Barnes deceptively speaks for the President “out of both sides of her mouth”:

One caller asked Barnes whether Catholics interested in seeing universal health care coverage had to be worried about abortion coverage.

“The president has said it’s longstanding policy federal funds won’t be used for abortion coverage,” Barnes said, adding that people “should be able to purchase coverage that reflects their values and basic needs.”

On July 17, 2007, Obama addressed a group of Planned Parenthood staff and supporters. Planned Parenthood is the largest purveyor of abortion in the world.  

He said, “In my mind, reproductive care is essential care. It is basic care. And so it is at the center and at the heart of the [health care reform] plan that I am proposing.” He further stated, “We’re going to set up a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don’t have health insurance. It’ll be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services.”

 

(Editor’s note: “Reproductive health care” is code for ABORTION.

 

As of today, the Hyde Amendment is still in effect, so Barnes is (technically) telling the truth.

 

Unfortunately, the Hyde Amendment applies ONLY to Medicare and would not limit abortion funding in any aspect of the NEW government-run health care system. If the new health bill becomes law, abortion will then indeed be paid for by federal money.

 

They don’t call Barack Obama “the ABORTION President” for nuthin!)

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George Weigel on Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor

Flannery O’Connor’s relentless, faith-driven unsentimentality extended to the Church as well as to the world: “I think that the Church is the only thing that is going to make the terrible world we are coming to endurable; the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and on this we are fed. It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it…” And this, mind you, was written in 1955—to certain Catholic minds, the high water mark of Catholic life in these United States. One can only imagine what Flannery O’Connor would say today.

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