Cardinal Burke Encourages Catholics to Sign Online Petition to Stop the Birth Control Mandate

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[Brian Kopp DPM]

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Breaking News: Cardinal Raymond Burke Encourages Catholics to Sign Online Petition to Stop the Birth Control Mandate

San Diego, CA - February 6, 2012

Cardinal Raymond Burke, Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, sent a written message of support to St. Gianna Physician's Guild over the weekend encouraging Catholics to sign the organization's online petition to protest the assault on religious liberty that is happening under ObamaCare. The petition has steadily gained momentum since its launch last August seeing the number of signatures more than double since January 20th. This is after the Department of Health and Human Services released a statement confirming that the mandate would go into effect as scheduled on August 1, 2012. An extension of one year was given to Catholic institutions and other entities to comply. This mandate does not provide a conscience clause for institutions and others who believe contraception and sterilization are immoral.

Stop the Birth Control Mandate petition asks that the Obama Administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, withdraw immediately all references to contraception and contraception counseling from the "Guidelines for Women's Preventive Services" under The Affordable Care Act. Moreover, it petitions the administration to provide a conscience clause to protect the religious freedom and beliefs of Catholics.

In his letter Cardinal Burke declared:

I wholeheartedly express my solidarity with the Stop The Birth Control Mandate petition promoted by St. Gianna Physician's Guild protesting the recent decree by the Department of Health and Human Services of our federal government. I encourage Catholics to sign the petition and thus unite their support of Holy Mother Church by protesting the most grievous violation of the right to religious liberty for Catholics in the United States.

Cardinal Burke has long had the reputation of providing guidance in areas of faith and morals through his willingness to make public statements to encourage the Faithful.

"The petition sends a clear message to the Obama Administration that this contraception mandate is wrong, discriminatory and violates the religious rights of Catholics all across America," stated the Guild's President, Thomas McKenna. McKenna noted that already more than 150 Catholic bishops across the country have written letters decrying the mandate. "It is inspiring to see the bishops speaking out with such determination and moral clarity in encouraging the faithful to oppose the mandate. St. Gianna Physician's Guild applauds their leadership," McKenna continued.

The petition has provided Catholics and people of all faiths an outlet to express their outrage in what many feel is an act of government tyranny. The petition was posted on the Archdiocese of Denver's web site and has resulted in parishioners collecting signatures after weekend Masses.

St Gianna Physician's Guild was founded to unite and encourage Catholic physicians, as well as others in the health care profession, to promote and defend Catholic principles in a public way and to inspire sanctification in their lives. The petition can be signed at: www.StopTheBirthControlMandate.org

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St. Gianna Physician's Guild president,Thomas McKenna, was interviewed on San Diego television KUSI about the birth control mandate and the violation of religious freedom it poses to Catholic's in our country.

To view the two interviews click here and here.

About St. Gianna Physician's Guild

The mission of St. Gianna Physician's Guild is to unite and encourage Catholic physicians, and those in the health care profession, to promote and defend Catholic principles in a public way by word and example, and to inspire sanctification in their lives.

It seeks to use the influence and expertise of the medical profession to clarify and support sound ethics and morality in the practice of medicine and proclaim them in the public forum. As a way of promoting these values in the personal lives of the faithful, the Guild has a special devotional outreach to promotes and teach about the life and virtues of their patron, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a dedicated wife, mother and physician who lived and practiced her faith in an exemplar way in the 20th century.

St. Gianna died in 1962 at the age of 39. She sacrificed her life for that of her unborn daughter when confronted with complications caused by a tumor that developed during her pregnancy. St. Gianna was canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 16, 2004.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Please consider signing the petition if you have not already done so, and send a link to family and friends (and/or blog about it or post it elsewhere) encouraging them to do likewise.

[OldNavyVet]

Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Good Lord ... What might God's official title be?

[pgkdan]

Good Lord ... What might God's official title be?

Good Lord?

[ConorMacNessa]

I'm on board!



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[pgkdan]

I’ll sign. Hope the bishops start playing hardball with pro-death politicians and explain to the people why a voting for a pro abortion candidate is copperating with evil! I’m 54 years old and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve heard a pro-life sermon preached at Mass. And I’m not and A&P Catholic...I’m there every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.

[ArrogantBustard]

Signed

[G Larry]

BUMP!

[Biggirl]

Signed it.

[reg45]

The longer the title, the less important the job. This is true of any bureaucracy.

[Skeez]

Signed

[sayuncledave]

Signed, happily.

[jesseam]

I signed it. I pray that obama will soon be history so our country can start to recover.

[Shark24]

Signed

[SZonian]

Signed, but the time for paperwork exhorting the dirtbag politicians in Washington to respect their employers is long past.

What effect will the petition have on those who are bent on destroying life and don’t care what beliefs are crushed under their authoritarian rule? /sort of a rhetorical question.

[samiam1972]

Signed and shared.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

I have no illusions that signing a petition will turn around this evil administration, but we must start somewhere. As a friend of mine says, “Once around and up.”

In other words, you always start at the appropriate level. You go to that level once, and if the response is unsatisfactory, you go above their heads.

In this case, we have two levels above the President.

The first is the people.

The second and last is God.

I pray daily for the conversion or the confounding of this evil administration, and for all culture of death proponents.

And I pray daily for God to intervene in this world, literally, in whatever means He deems necessary, to put a stop to these evil men and women.

[Jvette]

signed. I pray it does some good.

[SZonian]

True, just pondering out loud a bit.

Millions of good Americans storming the Capitol steps and WH would be a good thing IMO.

Run the cockroaches and pawns of satan out.

I second your prayers.

[DustyMoment]

Is this ONLY for Catholics? Some of us non-Catholics disagree with the administration, also!!