Shut up and Preach? It looks like that is what they are doing.
Bishop: Dems risk being ‘party of death’
Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, the former archbishop of St. Louis and now the prefect of the Apostolic Signatura at the Vatican, told an Italian Catholic publication that the Democratic Party “risks transforming itself definitively into a ‘party of death’.” Burke was one of a handful of archbishops who said in 2004 that they would deny Communion to Sen. John F. Kerry because of his support for abortion rights. The Catholic News Service reports:
“Archbishop Burke was asked if he knew that the August Democratic National Convention in Denver featured a guest appearance by Sheryl Crow, a musician whose performance at a 2007 benefit for a Catholic children’s hospital the archbishop had opposed because of her support for abortion and embryonic stem-cell research. ‘That does not surprise me much,’ the archbishop said. ‘At this point the Democratic Party risks transforming itself definitely into a ‘party of death’ because of its choices on bioethical questions as Ramesh Ponnuru wrote in his book, ‘The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts and the Disregard for Human Life.’ Archbishop Burke said the Democratic Party once was ‘the party that helped our immigrant parents and grandparents better integrate and prosper in American society. But it is not the same anymore.’ Pro-life Democrats are ‘rare, unfortunately,’ he said.”
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2008/09/bishop_dems_ris.html
MSM better shutup!
This time the bishops are ignoring the press, thankfully.
When will these dissident “Catholics” and pro-abortion Democrat politicians who are allegedly Catholic get excommunicated?
O could care less about their “First Amendment rights” being quashed, (they’re not, they’re just suffering the consequences of their speech), or the Church worried over losing their tax-exept status.
Holy Mother Church needs to forget about tax exemption and publicly endorse McCain and say voting for Obama puts your soul in grave danger.
My call is that the Catholic church has joined the PUMAs. I think they understand the “scorched earth” philosophy! Politics do make strange bedfellows.
McCain has already brought together the most divergent group of people that I have ever seen.
Fight to victory!
| Over 100 Bishops Have Spoken Out on Priority of Life Issues Posted on October 28, 2008, 11:59 AM | Deal W. Hudson |