Posted on 11/17/2008 2:00:09 AM PST by Cindy
(CNSNews.com) – Rev. Joseph F. Martino, bishop of the diocese of Scranton, Pa., the city lifelong Catholic Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) claims as his hometown and the place that inspired his values, has condemned the vice president-elect for his pro-abortion position.
“I cannot have a vice president-elect coming to Scranton to say he’s learned his values there when those values are utterly against the teachings of the Catholic Church,” Martino said at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore this week.
Martino has consistently spoken out against politicians who support abortion, including in a pastoral letter dated Sept. 15, 2005.
“I will not tolerate any politician who claims to be a faithful Catholic who is not genuinely pro-life,” Martino said. “No Catholic politician who supports the culture of death should approach Holy Communion. I will be truly vigilant on this point.”
Other bishops have also spoken out against Biden and his pro-abortion stand.
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...but rejected by his new BOSS, Hussein, as “not going far enough.”
I will not tolerate any politician who claims to be a faithful Catholic who is not genuinely pro-life,” Martino said. “No Catholic politician who supports the culture of death should approach Holy Communion. I will be truly vigilant on this point.”
I just love it when there are people who stand up for what they believe in.....
It’s sorrowful that the moral authority of some bishops has been impugned by the activities of other bishops.
“I just love it when there are people who stand up for what they believe in.....”
BIG DITTO.
We all reject VPE Joeie, in so many ways and totally. What a jackass.
That should be Rt. Rev. Martino. Priests are 'Reverend', Monsignors and Deans are 'Very Reverend', and Bishops are 'Right Reverend'. Odd that a religious site should make this very fundamental mistake in address.
I am a lifelong Catholic. I know other lifelong Catholics. Believe me, Joe Biden is no Catholic.
I hope Martino continues to stand by his statements.
Bishop of Wilmington, DE statement: “I don’t want to alienate people. I want to change their hearts and minds. I will not POLITICIZE the Eucharist.”
Letter to Bishop Malooly:
1. Leopards don’t change their spots.
2. Allowing Biden to receive Communion is the same as approving of his stance.
3. Grave scandal.
Biden and Pelosi should be publicly excommunicated. Sad to say when life long abortion advocate Teddy Kennedy soon goes to his ultimate judgment, he will likely be given full Catholic rights by at least a Bishop if not an Archbishop or Cardinal.
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