“Rather, I think they are doing this, at least partly, because Catholic schools, hospitals and charities provide a private alternative to government services. Therefore they must be eliminated.”
That’s right. In their Catholic-bashing mode, they are forgetting the big picture, and shame on them!
To which Sun replied: That’s right. In their Catholic-bashing mode, they are forgetting the big picture, and shame on them!
Sun, I think you've hit the nail on the head.
It is remarkable to me that, in a thread which has so far generated 95 posts, almost none addressed the topic of the posted article, which concerns a systematic effort by Democrats in one of the wealthiest and most populous states of this Union, to use the blunt hammer of government to bludgeon to death the largest private provider of education, health care and charity in the state.
We Catholics must pull together in this fight, for it is clear we will have few allies.
I am reminded of the Battle of Lepanto of 1571, in which Pope Pius V rallied the Catholic armies of Europe to repel the Turks. The Protestant nations of that time offered no help, for they were too busy fighting the Catholic Church to worry about fighting the enemies of Western Civilization.
The Church saved Europe from Islamic conquest. Ironically, she also ended up saving the Protestants, in the process. I don't believe most Protestants are aware of this fact, for their schools do not teach it.
What we accomplished in 1571 we must accomplish again. We must once again save Christendom from her enemies, with or without the help of the Protestants.
May God grant us victory in this struggle.