14 Bishops and counting correct Senator Biden...

TIDM.org ^ | September 15, 2008 | TIDM.org

[jo kus]

I applaud the USCCB's decision. The problem is that not very many bishops appear to be on board with this, since they remain silent within their own dioceses, except for "14" who "second the motion"? The bishops themselves should be re-distributing this teaching to be read at all Masses next Sunday within their diocese. This is how one teaches important doctrine in our modern culture. Posting something onto the USCCB website just doesn't cut the mustard. People need to hear it from the pews, and it should be a letter from the bishop to explain this to the people who will CONTINUE to think like Pelosi and Bidden until it is drilled into their heads that it is wrong. Such a miniscule VISIBLE show of support doesn't speak well for the USCCB's letter, even if other bishops SILENTLY support it.

The bishops need to stop being politically correct and preach the Gospel.

Regards

[sockmonkey]

Here’s what my Archbishop said:

Truth, Freedom, and Abortion

Abortion is not a “Catholic” issue. It is a matter of fundamental human rights. In fact, I believe it is the foundational issue of our time. Because it is so important, the Church has spoken clearly about it and believes it is an essential aspect of the Catholic faith. Unfortunately, however, in the last few months some of our leading Catholic politicians have chosen very public platforms to make misleading statements about it.

One of the misleading arguments is that the question of when life begins is “a matter of faith.” I think that modern biology clearly shows us that human life begins at conception. Embryologists can show us that within just a few weeks the embryo has developed recognizable features, including his or her face, arms, and legs. And the Servant of God John Paul II in his encyclical Evangelium Vitae (No. 60), very accurately quoted from a declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “from the time that the ovum is fertilized, a life is begun which is neither that of the father nor the mother; it is rather the life of a new human being with his own growth. It would never be made human if it were not human already. This has always been clear, and ... modern genetic science offers clear confirmation.

Archbishop José H. Gomez, S.T.D.