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Vatican Chief Justice: Obama’s Policies ‘Progressively More Hostile Toward Christian Civilization’
CNS News ^ | March 21, 2014 | Michael W. Chapman

Posted on 03/23/2014 10:04:50 AM PDT by opentalk

President Barack Obama's policies “have become progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization,” Cardinal Raymond Burke,head of the highest court at the Vatican, said in a recent interview.

Cardinal Burke added that Obama wants to restrict religious freedom and force the individuals, outside of his or her place of worship,“to act against his rightly-formed conscience,even in the most serious of moral questions.”

… “It is true that the policies of the president of the United States of America have become progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization. He appears to be a totally secularized man who aggressively promotes anti-life and anti-family policies.”

“Now he [Obama] wants to restrict the exercise of the freedom of religion to freedom of worship; that is,he holds that one is free to act according to his conscience within the confines of his place of worship but that,once the person leaves the place of worship,the government can constrain him to act against his rightly-formed conscience, even in the most serious of moral questions,” said Cardinal Burke.

...“Sadly,one has the impression that a large part of the population is not fully aware of what is taking place,” said the cardinal. “In a democracy,such a lack of awareness is deadly. It leads to the loss of the freedom,which a democratic government exists to protect. It is my hope that more and more of my fellow citizens,as they realize what is happening,will insist on electing leaders who respect the truth of the moral law as it is respected in the founding principles of our nation.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; christians; doj; egypt; hobbylobby; holder; homosexualagenda; mccain; muslimbrotherhood; obama; obamacare; prolife; religiousfreedom; syria; vatican
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1 posted on 03/23/2014 10:04:50 AM PDT by opentalk
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Good. If a high member of the Curia is saying this, that means their intelligence about what and who Obama actually is is much worse.

Best,

Chris


2 posted on 03/23/2014 10:08:22 AM PDT by section9
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To: opentalk
Wow.

Who would have guessed?

Pushing homosexuality, and going on the record that he sides with Muslims....

What was this person's first clue? /s

3 posted on 03/23/2014 10:08:52 AM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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To: opentalk

Too bad Cardinal Burke wasn’t elected pope last year. God bless him for not being afraid to speak the plain truth.


4 posted on 03/23/2014 10:10:22 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: opentalk
"Vatican Chief Justice: Obama’s Policies ‘Progressively More Hostile Toward Christian Civilization’" I await your verdict as to the validity of the Pope being Catholic, sir.
5 posted on 03/23/2014 10:12:18 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Gabrial

And here I thought I was the only one to notice the anti-Christian bias of the Current Regime now squatting in the White Hut.

Rhetorical question, I know. What could be more anti-Christian than the Anti-Christ?


6 posted on 03/23/2014 10:16:15 AM PDT by alloysteel (Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
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To: opentalk
“In a democracy, such a lack of awareness is deadly. It leads to the loss of the freedom,which a democratic government exists to protect. It is my hope that more and more of my fellow citizens,as they realize what is happening, will insist on electing leaders who respect the truth of the moral law as it is respected in the founding principles of our nation.”

Cardinal Burke understands and talks of freedom better than just about anyone in the American government. God bless him.

7 posted on 03/23/2014 10:16:43 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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They’re speaking out now! We do indeed live for hope..


8 posted on 03/23/2014 10:24:02 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("H)
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To: opentalk

Real Einsteins behind that wall in Rome.

Took em five years to figure it out.


9 posted on 03/23/2014 10:24:49 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: opentalk

NSS! Glad you noticed....


10 posted on 03/23/2014 10:29:31 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: opentalk
Supreme Court considers corporate religious objections to health law's birth control coverage Hobby lobby

The Obama administration and its opponents are renewing the Supreme Court battle over President Barack Obama's health care law in a case that pits the religious rights of employers against the rights of women to the birth control of their choice

11 posted on 03/23/2014 10:31:18 AM PDT by opentalk
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Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.

Next Tues March 25 , U.S. Supreme Court

12 posted on 03/23/2014 10:45:58 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: opentalk

I’m a bit out of the loop on Catholic policy, is this the first time we’ve had a senior member of Catholicism make such a rebuke toward a non-Soviet leader?


13 posted on 03/23/2014 10:51:44 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: opentalk

Yeah, well who is he to judge?


14 posted on 03/23/2014 10:51:44 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: opentalk

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/04/catholic-priests-in-military-face-arrest-for-celebrating-mass/


15 posted on 03/23/2014 10:55:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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“...Vatican Chief Justice: Obama’s Policies ‘Progressively More Hostile Toward Christian Civilization’...”

Ya think?

Gee... and it only took them 6 years to figure out what we’ve been saying since day one.


16 posted on 03/23/2014 10:56:11 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: irishjuggler

“Cardinal Obvious”


17 posted on 03/23/2014 11:03:27 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: opentalk
Cardinal Raymond Burke

Isn't it supposed to be 'Raymond Cardinal Burke'. Not an expert on ecclesiastical syntax, though; could be wrong. But he's definitely right.

18 posted on 03/23/2014 11:03:44 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: NFHale
Gee... and it only took them 6 years to figure out what we’ve been saying since day one.

They knew it all along. This statement says "progressively more". Would make no sense to say that on day 1.

19 posted on 03/23/2014 11:05:46 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: section9
If a high member of the Curia is saying this, that means their intelligence about what and who Obama actually is is much worse.

Agreed. They perhaps have given up on negotiating or working with him and have started to peel back the layers of diplomacy.

20 posted on 03/23/2014 11:08:16 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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