Posted on 02/23/2009 8:10:56 PM PST by pissant
“Discernment would lead one to believe
a democrat would support the party platform.Which wholeheartedly promotes abortion.”
That is generally true, but not always. There is the late Gov Casey and even very liberal former Rep David Bonoir was always pro-life. There are exceptions, and especially if the candidate runs as pro-life Democrat, one might expect all the more that he IS pro-life. That this candidate, once elected, disappointed is not the Archbishop’s doing.
Don’t forget that the late Gov. Casey was punished by his party by not being permitted to speak at the DNC years ago, and his son, Bob Casey, learned well from this experience and is no longer pro-life. Still a Dem, though.
This is a good speech. To my knowledge, it’s the first time that a churchman has come right out and warned people about the adulation directed at this “messiah.”
This bishop should have been sent to Washington DC or NYC. The fact that he is still in Denver is proof positive of his point about the Church today being unwilling to offend the powerful.
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The smart money says he's in the wings for LA. Have no idea if it's true, but that would make sense in the larger scheme of things. Talk about a viper pit.
I don’t know how you can claim that he’s more interested in promoting the rights of illegal aliens than in human life issues. He has always been a stalwart defender of human life and a tireless opponent of abortion. Your posts are bunk.
If Archbishop Chaput were more interested in issues like immigration then he would not speak out at all on abortion since Catholics who are “soft” on abortion don’t speak out on the issue.
I don’t know or care who you are but I have to question your motives in trying to tear down someone like Archbishop Chaput.
I suspect the Good Bishop’s discernment of Obama and many American fools is dead on.
correction Archbishop.
Excellent comments from the Archbishop.
It is one of the most basic foundations of the Christian faith. We do not worship idols, the state, political leaders, or anything beneath the dignity of a Christian. Obama has no right to be worshipped or venerated. He has promoted grave evil by signing orders to fund abortions and embryonic stem cell research. Catholics have a moral and spiritual duty to oppose his policies, self-aggrandizement, and attempts to solicit worship and submission.
People are vulnerable to worshipping the State or political leaders when they have not been offering proper worship to God. When the political leader is a heretic who promotes evil he is more likely to demand improper worship of himself and to be confused about his status and position in the larger scheme of things.
I especially like the teaching on “hope”. My hope is in the Lord, not mere man. A good lesson for those Catholics who are voting for the Democratic idol.
I think he’s probably being prepped for something bigger on the West Coast.
The impact of secularism.
Will the bishop take the next step and explain how secular humanism, liberalism, and multiculturalism have dumbed people down and eroded their faith so that they are ready to worship a false messiah of a godless Socialist Moloch State which murders the unborn and funds the stem cell slaughter houses?
God bless ya, Bishop!
Has anybody ever heard from any of the 13 Cardinals In the USA make a similar comment about OBAMA?
“We can’t claim to be ‘Catholic’ and ‘pro-choice’ at the same time without owning the responsibility for where the choice leads – to a dead unborn child.”
Bravo, Archbishop Chaput!
Please take note, all you Kennedys and Cuomos and Pelosis and Caseys.
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