by Doug Lawrence
The ghost of Cardinal Bernardin and his deadly, liberal, “Seamless Garment” politics is still affecting Catholics … the U.S. government … and the world … in unexpectedly negative ways.
Spero News reports on a recent USCCB gathering in Washington, D.C. where Denis McDonough, a highly placed Catholic staffer in the Obama regime preached to the assorted “faithful” … including many of the Catholic hierarchy … about how the Catholic Church actually gave Barack Obama his “start”:
In fact, the President first entered public service through the Catholic Church. His work as a young community organizer on the South Side of Chicago was funded in part by the Catholic churches of Chicago and their Developing Communities Project. He was inspired by the sermons and example of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. He was touched by the generosity of congregations, of different faiths—in part, he admits, because he was broke and they fed him. As President Obama has said—after growing up in a household that wasn’t particularly religious—it was that experience, working with pastors and laypeople in service to others, that brought him to Christ.
Those of you who have attended the National Prayer breakfasts or Easter prayer at the White House or our interfaith events have heard the President speak of how he draws strength and comfort from prayer. As a close advisor, I’ve also seen how the President’s faith informs both his thinking and how he confronts the challenges facing our nation.
Nice “spin” job, Mr. McDonough. Sounds like David Axelrod wrote that speech for you! As a good Catholic, don’t you know that bearing false witness is a sin … even for politicians and bishops?
There’s also sins of omission. Why was absolutely no mention was made of President Barack Obama’s unqualified support for homosexual marriage and abortion, his attack on Constitutional religious freedoms … particularly those of the Catholic Church? And what did actually become of the trillions of dollars that the President was supposed to use for “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects … projects which never really existed?
From the article, it seems as though none of the assembled Catholic hierarchy did much of anything, other than nod in agreement and smile! You would have thought that at least one or two would have gotten up and walked out. But no!
I haven’t seen anything this blatant, scandalous and misleading since Notre Dame! What good are Catholics in government, when they cease to act as Catholics should? Shame on the lot of you!
September 18, 2012
Categories: Books & Publications, Events, Politics, Scandals . Tags: address, Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor, International Religious Freedom Conference, Obama administration, Politics, scandal, speech, spin, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops . Author: Doug Lawrence . Comments: Leave a comment
The Muslim Brotherhood recently destroyed 60 churches in Egypt. Why would we keep giving them money?
A comment sent in by Ed S. of Arlington Heights, IL
September 11, 2013
Categories: Events, Politics, Scandals . Tags: 911, Al-Qaeda, commentary, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama administration, US aid . Author: Doug Lawrence . Comments: 2 Comments