Art. 10. - § 1. It is the responsibility of the Bishop to supervise the ecclesiastical goods of the charitable agencies subject to his authority.
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§ 3. In particular, the diocesan Bishop is to ensure that charitable agencies dependent upon him do not receive financial support from groups or institutions that pursue ends contrary to Church’s teaching. Similarly, lest scandal be given to the faithful, the diocesan Bishop is to ensure that these charitable agencies do not accept contributions for initiatives whose ends, or the means used to pursue them, are not in conformity with the Church’s teaching.
With the support for homosexual "marriage" and unrestricted abortion (as well as pervasive socialism), I cannot fathom how the Federal Government cannot be seen as pursuing ends contrary to Church’s teaching.
Yes, agree that Catholic entities shouldn’t take Federal money, although the gov’t is still wrong to tie these anti-religious strings to its largesse. However, there are some other issues, like federal scholarships for students at religious schools, that seem legitimate to worry about how the anti-Christian Feds might use such to target such schools.
Look on the bright side. If Obama’s order had regarded non-discrimination of illegal aliens, the Catholic and most other churches would be 4-square 100% enthusiastically behind it.
1) The borders must be sealed immediately with troops (yes, we have plenty enough).
2) The laws that promote lawlesness to allow this travesty must be fixed. This includes the law that lets anchor babies occur with non-american parents.
3) Use Tent Cities for the children asking them where they came from and whether they want to go home for a week. Airplane those who want to go home back to their home countries. The rest find relatives and send them there. The rest process (Catholic Charties etc.).
4) Reopen the border.
Anything less is lawlessness. The tide must be stemmed before it floods everything.
most “church’s” have lost any and all moral clarity.
Not worth a tinkers damn.
§ 3. In particular, the diocesan Bishop is to ensure that charitable agencies dependent upon him do not receive financial support from groups or institutions that pursue ends contrary to Church’s teaching.
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I have thought for some time now that the Church must divorce itself from governmental mammon. I have already changed my language to reflect my position against the enforced acceptance of sexual sin by our government with regard to marriage. I now refer only to the “Sacrament of Matrimony” and use the term, “matrimonial wedding.”
While it would be good for the Church to ween itself off government support there is a bigger issue. Over the years, as more and more government policies have come in conflict with Church teaching, the hierarchy has always sought exemptions for Church institutions. But this leaves the lay faithful high and dry. The bishops have a responsibility to protect all the members of the flock, not just those on the Church payroll. It is time for the bishops to stand up and rally all the faithful and say “no” state mandated attacks on religion and morality (and common sense).
Look at the northeast.....majority catholic and they have voted for liberal sinators and congresscritters.