Posted on 05/17/2009 12:03:41 PM PDT by SkyPilot
At the rate things are going, Pope Benedict XVI may find his next trip to the U.S. dogged by airplanes overhead trailing banners with images of aborted fetuses. O.K., that's a bit of hyperbole. But while several prominent conservative Catholics in this country are apoplectic over the University of Notre Dame's invitation of the pro-choice Barack Obama to give the school's commencement address on May 17, the Vatican has stayed completely silent on the matter.
The two very different reactions to the question of whether a Catholic institution should honor anyone who disagrees with the Church's teaching on abortion are just the latest examples of the strikingly divergent responses American Catholic leaders and the Vatican have had to the Obama Administration.
Three-quarters of Catholics either approve of or offer no opinion on Notre Dame's decision to invite Obama, and the same percentage of U.S. bishops have opted to stay out of the fight.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
I hate Time magazine too, but they are correct on this story. There is not Vatican opposition to what happened at Notre Dame this weekend.
Archbishop Burke IS speaking for the Vatican, EVERYTHING he says in his position as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura is an official statement from the Vatican and is done with the Holy Father's approval.
IF it is even possible, it will take Catholics such as yourselves to turn the effect of this around.
You are on a sand strewn place of combat, within the arenas again, remember the lions and those that held onto their beliefs.
It is shameful the Pope has not supported them publicly, made a statement, or even attempted to have a representative from the Vatican voice support.
If the Vatican would denounce the Democrats and Liberals for what they are - evil; then those faithless and godless people who still wish to call themselves Christians or Catholics (and yet vote for Democrats by the millions) would not be able to wear their fig leafs anymore.
Being a Democrat is part of the American Catholic identity (like it is for Jews, Hispanics, Blacks, and used to be for white Southerners). So in order to be "good Catholics" too many still vote Democrat even when the party advocates diametrically opposed policies.
This "Solid South" strategy is how the Democrats have survived since the Civil War. They've merely changed their solid ethnic base.
I agree. Many priests get away with preaching "Social Justice" in homilies, and never, ever deal with Biblical truths concerning covetousness, homosexuality, or God's own words about infants in the womb (Psalm 139).
Then, we have this:
Pope to Israel: Give your land to the Arabs
I heard on the news that 67% of US Catholics are Obama supporters.
If true, there is little hope for those people.
You act surprised that TIME, UPI and the rest of the media is spinning this to fulfill their agenda.
Do they acknowledge ANYWHERE in their stories how many bishops have condemned Notre Dame? Do they acknowledge what Archbishop Burke said. And as far as Archbishop Burke’s statement being over a week ago, that DOES NOT MATTER, the Holy See has spoken there is no need to repeat their objections.
I'm going to get creamed for this, but I'll say it again because I absolutely believe it:
The acceptance of evolution is the root of all the modern liberalism and confusion in the Catholic Church.
The pope has now made it perfectly clear that his standing with world leaders is far more umportant (and more immediate) than his standing with God.
It HAS been said, but like everything else the leftist media IGNORES it:
As do the Catholic-hating bigots.
There were Jewish people who asked where the Pope was during the holocaust.
There are Christians now asking where the Pope is during the takeover of Notre Dame.
Well, the Pope was just in Israel telling those folks to split Israel.....so why is anybody waiting for the Pope to come to the rescue of a Catholic college. It’s already been split. Job Done!
And indeed you are wrong.
Link Please.
Members of my own family (father, aunt, cousins, etc) are this way. Irish heritage, ex-blue collar, and think the Kennedy family is just terrific.
If you sit down with them and talk politics, they will tell you how they were would "never" support homosexual "marriage", speech codes, and groups like Code Pink. They claim they are against affirmative action. When you point out that these are all now mainstream Democrat positions, they get angry and start to throw out MSM talking points against anything Conservative or Republican.
Many Jews I know won't vote for Republicans because of their antipathy for evangelical Christianity (and they associate all Republicans with evangelicals).
I think Satan is having a field day.
They repeat the same lies so many times that they start to believe them.
Wielding that broad brush must give you tremendously strong wrists.
Catholics who really care are in the minority now. Jesus did speak about a "little flock".
So take heart, try to do the best with where you are, and know that more persecution lies ahead.
Man some folks are F-ing thick.
#8 and #15
The Vatican, however, is still mum today, and was mum this weekend vis a vis Obama.
If there is a press release from them regarding anything on this that is not over a week old, please publish the link.
Thanks.
Being a Democrat is part of the American Catholic identity...
Wielding that broad brush must give you tremendously strong wrists.
Hey, I don't like it, but it is historically true.
Aside from African Americans, the most solid voting bloc the Democrats have is the Jewish vote and this has been the case for nearly a century.
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