Military Is Telling Catholic Chaplains What They Can And Can't Say About the Obama Administration

Business Insider ^ | Feb 3, 2012 | Michael Brendan Dougherty

[bkopto]

The emerging conflict between the Catholic Church and the Obama administration may have a new front: in the U.S. military itself.

The Catholic Church is fighting mad about an HHS ruling that would have them buy insurance for things they consider sinful–contraception, sterilization and abortion.

All the bishops in the country sent out a letter to be read in their parishes promising that the Church "cannot-and will not-comply with this unjust law."

Even Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who is in charge of Catholic military chaplains sent out the same letter.

But after he did, the Army's Office of the Chief of Chaplains sent out another communication forbidding Catholic priests to read the letter, in part because it seemed to encourage civil disobedience, and could be read as seditious against the Commander-in-Chief.

More than one Catholic chaplain who spoke to us off the record confirmed that many chaplains disobeyed this instruction and read the letter anyway.

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The letter also tries to clarify to priests that the Archbishop's letter "concerns a moral, not a political issue."

While it is true that soldiers do not have an unlimited right to free speech or political action, the military does not want to strain relations with the Catholic Church and its chaplains who provide services to many service members of all faiths.

[Quix]

BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

BLESSED BE THE WORD OF THE LORD.

BLESSED BE THE WAYS OF THE LORD.

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Thanks for your kind reply.

May He guide and protect you and those you love in these darkening times.

[Quix]

I hope so.

On the other hand, I’m almost convinced that whatever comes after him will be worse in some unforeseen ways.

[Quix]

The Chief blew this one big time. The Chief should have said, “No Catholic doctor, nurse, medical assistant, or medic should participate in any of these procedures due to their still legal religious beliefs.”

I think it was in Desert Storm that Chaplains were told to remove their crosses since they might offend muslims. That was “official”. Some wise lead chaplain called it BS and stood his ground until the crosses went back on.

Now that was leadership.

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ABSOLUTELY INDEED.

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

!ABSOLUTELY INDEED!

[redgolum]

But the rank and file don’t look to Rome, they look to their priest/pastor. Such is as it has always been.

The big question is how far is the US Catholic church willing to press this. It very well could result in lossing all of their money.

[Quix]

I’ve been saying for a long time that it’s becoming increasingly necessary for orthodox Catholics and Protestants to get along with each other, because it won’t be long before our common enemy puts us in jail cells and gulags together.

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That’s increasingly true, imho.

[Quix]

I think coy and cute does not work for someone

with her dead eyes, fangs, horns and forked tail.

[Quix]

Wellllllll

with the first big looming close at hand . . .

—quake
—terror attack
—WW3
—martial law

The churches will be filled . . . for a while . . . before they are driven underground.

[don-o]

So are you ready to cease the silly name calling?

[Quix]

Bush Sr—who’s grandfather or father funded Hitler and insured Hitler’s success as a globalist even back then

used the same phrase they globalists have been using for at least 60 years . . .

“NEW WORLD ORDER”

Isn’t it on our money?

Actually it’s not so new—goes back to the satanic worship of Babylon.

Sigh.

[wagglebee]

It may not even be under Obama, but without a restoration of religious liberty it will happen.

[Notwithstanding]

My point is this: It will be good for some Catholic military chaplains who boldly defy orders that defy First Ámendment rights, but it will also be good to have Catholic military chaplains who stay and run an underground Truth ministry.

My point is also that in this day and age, the Catholic faithful who want the Truth can always find it, even if their commanders (or the stasi) try to keep it from them.

Unity under one earhtly pastor is a wondrous gift Christ gave us!

[Notwithstanding]

Thanks for saying what had to be said.

[Quix]

It’s shorthand for many paragraphs.

It’s well warranted given the hot pokers in the Proddys eyes on the part of such a sizeable contingent of RC’s.

It’s a suitable warning to lurkers of the horrifics of some of the RC dogmatic stuff.

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However, RC’s who pay attention might have noticed that when y’all’s side plays nice, I tend to play nice at least as much if not twice as much as they do.

[Quix]

There’s a report that he wants the Mark of the Beast ID chip implant implanted in all native born Americans [gross hypocritic jerk]

by the END OF 2012.

[don-o]

So. I take your answer to my simple question to be, “no”?

Color me, not surprised.

[Notwithstanding]

Why would any Catholic ally himself with a craven presbyterian guy who constantly mocks Catholicism and spreads lies about us and our priests and our doctrines?

[Quix]

Presbyterian?

About as accurate as your theology and dogma.

[Quix]

Depends.

[Nowhere Man]

This is the Holocaust all over again. We are in the beginning stages of the Holocaust, and most people don’t see it even though their guts feel queasy and they can’t quite pinpoint why.

Well, first off, they are going after people who have faith, especially Jews and Christians, deeming them as second class citizens. If the Mooselimbs get their way with Sharia Law, their liberal buddies will be in for a shock and you'll have Holocaust II.

[OpusatFR]

Naw. Not Presby. More like a non-denom pente and pseudo-prophet with a gnostic streak.

Definitely ignorable..