Posted on 04/26/2007 11:58:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Calling Sheryl Crow "a high profile proponent of the destruction of innocent lives," the Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Louis resigned as head of a children's medical charity that featured the singer for a benefit concert.
Archbishop Raymond Burke resigned as chairman of the Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation after its board of governors refused to pull the plug on Crow's Saturday concert in St. Louis.
She is "well-known as an abortion activist" and proponent of stem cell research, he said in a statement on Wednesday, and her appearance is "an affront to the identity and mission of the medical center, dedicated as it is to the service of life and Christ's healing mission."
Burke's conservative views are well known. He suggested during the 2004 presidential campaign that Democratic candidate John Kerry, a Catholic, should be denied communion because of his views on abortion.
"When, for economic gain, a Catholic institution associates itself with such a high profile proponent of the destruction of innocent lives, members of the church and other people of good will have the right to be confirmed in their commitment to the gospel of life," he added.
A fact sheet distributed by the archdiocese said Crow's views amount to "giving scandal," which it said the Catholic Catechism defines as "an attitude or behavior which leads another to evil."
Plus, she’s just dirty.
She’s having a bad week, me thinks.
LOL! I thought perhaps the Archbishop was tangling with her over the proper use of toilet paper!
Why is it that the same people who are so concerned about global warming are also in favor of abortion, stem cell research using embyronic cells, and also favor homosexual marriage?
You go, Your Eminence!
Why? Why, you ask?
because they are all NUTS
This is one I daresay, where the Pope just wouldn't care to clean up her mind or body.
He probably did’nt like her “one sheet” theory either...
These are also the folks who favor legalized grass.
Hooray for this Catholic leader who actually stands up for Catholic doctrine. Way to go Archbishop Burke. He also described his decision as painful. “I have to answer to God for the responsibilities which I have as archbishop. For me to remain silent in this situation would be the gravest scandal because people would get the impression that their spiritual leader also thinks this is just fine.”
Too, bad other Catholic prelates don’t have the guts of their religious beliefs. If they would lead as firmly as Archbishop Burke, maybe our society would get back to some traditional values once again. Right now it looks like most religious leaders have abandoned moral values for a place at the media celebrity table.
True. The point is, there is no connection between abortion and global warming, for example. There is no connection between same sex marriage and abortion. Yet so many of the same people who are on the liberal side of one issue are on the liberal side of other issues too.
Backbone !
Why is it that the same people who are so concerned about global warming are also in favor of abortion, stem cell research using embyronic cells, and also favor homosexual marriage?
Has Rosie O’Donnell weighed in on this issue yet? She’s so concerned that abortion remain a secular sacrament to our modern advanced culture that has respect for the women’s movement.
Think?
“BUY YOUR TOILET PAPER CREDITS HERE!”
“For every $1 you give me, I'll use one less square of TP.”
She needn’t worry...
Because they are Communists, that’s why.
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