agreed.
maybe well-meaning. but flat wrong.
(but, at least he’s not condoning homosexual acts,
or promoting “Chrislam” like Rick Warren and others.)
taking money from people, against their will, even if for a “good” cause, is STEALING.
last i checked, that was still one of the big 10.
and some of that money, IS going for abortions, and other things a church leader should not wish to contribute to, even indirectly.
great article btw. thanks!
Tell the good bishop that the additional revenue will be spent making abortion services more easily available to the poor.
Bingo. Ever since Pope John XIII promised Russian commies that there would be no condemnation of Communism at Vatican II, the bishops have become full fledged socialists. Catholics (and I am one) need to pick up the encyclical letters of Popes Leo XIII and Pius XI condemning Communism and Socialism while upholding the inalienable right to ownership of private property. Yes, government transfer payments are theft, not charity.
I’m not even convinced it’s well meaning. At the very best, it’s sinfully wrong-headed. Social justice, and the “collective salvation” to which it leads, has no part whatsoever in the Roman or any other church purporting to easing the path to life hereafter. I, too, hope he’s as exercised about gay marriage when Minnesota’s turn for cowardice and linguini-Christianity comes round. If he’s so concerned, he might initiate a diocese-wide collection!