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I can’t imagine how Cardinal Egan could’ve allowed Obama to be there, since blatant abortion lovers have not been invited previously. Shame on him. He’ll be dealt with.
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The Catholic Council of Illinois just issued their statements for voting Catholics.
http://catholicconferenceofillinois.org/bins/site/ftp/CCIVotefinal.pdf
Snippet:
“There are some things we must never do, because they are so deeply flawed that they are always incompatible with love of God and neighbor.
Such “intrinsically evil” actions can never be justified and must always be rejected and opposed; they must never be supported or condoned.
Examples are the intentional taking of innocent life, as in abortion and euthanasia; direct threats to the sanctity and dignity of human life, such as human cloning and destructive research on human embryos; other assaults on innocent human life and violations of human dignity, such as genocide, torture, racism, and targeting noncombatants in acts of terror or war.
The fact that we must always oppose intrinsically evil acts should also open our eyes to the good we must do, that is, to our positive duty to contribute to the common good and to act in solidarity with those in need.
The right to life, for example, is linked to all other human rights, and all life issues are connected. As Blessed Pope John XXIII wrote, “[Each of us] has the right to life, to bodily integrity, and to the means which are suitable for the proper development of life; these are primarily food, clothing, shelter, rest, medical care, and finally, the necessary social services.” The moral imperative to respond to the needs of our neighbors is universally binding on our consciences.
In preparing to vote with a well-formed conscience, it is important to avoid two temptations:
The first temptation would be to consider all life issues morally equal and thus fail to • see that there is a hierarchy among them.
We must keep first in mind that the direct and intentional destruction of innocent human life from the moment of conception until natural death is always wrong. It is not just one issue among many and must always be opposed. Our support for the sanctity of human life is dishonest if it does not include opposition to abortion.”
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Archbishop (Chaput-Denver) criticizes Obama, Catholic allies
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081019/D93TGS480.html
Snippet:
“Chaput, without getting into much detail, called Obama the “most committed” abortion-rights major-party presidential candidate since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion in 1973.
“To suggest - as some Catholics do - that Senator Obama is this year’s ‘real’ pro-life candidate requires a peculiar kind of self-hypnosis, or moral confusion, or worse,” Chaput said according to his prepared remarks, titled “Little Murders.”
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God bless Archbishop Chaput .. God have mercy on us.