Virginia delegate slams Dolan in letter to Apostolic Nuncio

Reader TM sent me a link to the following letter sent by Virginia House of Delegates member Bob Marshall to Archbishop Carlo Vignano, Apostolic Nuncio of the United States. Who knows how that letter will be received, what with the new focus on “mercy” cum indifference, but the author has requested that this letter be shared as widely as possible, and I agree with the concerns expressed therein. Some excerpts:

New York’s Cardinal Dolan, appointed as Grand Marshal of the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, praised the decision to allow an openly gay group to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. “I have no trouble with the decision at all … I think the decision is a wise one,” he said.

His action has left many Catholics, including elected officials like myself, puzzled and disheartened especially when we measure Cardinal Dolan’s new policy with that of his predecessor, John Cardinal O’Connor. [I understand there is a massive new excavation on Manhattan Island. It developed only recently, but has already achieved prodigious proportions. It is caused by Cardinal O'Connor spinning in his grave at hypersonic speeds.]

In 1993, when LGBT groups and government officials demanded that openly homosexual groups be included in the Parade, Cardinal O’Connor vowed in a St. Patrick’s Day sermon that he “could never even be perceived as compromising Catholic teaching. Neither respectability nor political correctness is worth one comma in the Apostles Creed.” (New York Times, 1/20/93) [We certainly do not have the same caliber of man as Cardinal Archbishop of New York today. What a buffoon this Dolan is.]

At that time, the New York Times also noted that, “The Hibernians and Cardinal O’Connor have said there is no place for a gay contingent in the parade because it is a Catholic Event and the Church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful.”

Yet, Cardinal Dolan claimed, “Neither my predecessors as archbishops of New York nor I have ever determined who would or would not march in this parade,” adding that “the parade would be a source of unity for all of us.” (New York Times, 9/3/14) [Which shows that Cardinal Dolan was either ignorant of the very public stand of his predecessor, or is quite willing to prevaricate. The repeated statements by Dolan in defense of this indefensible act are increasingly troubling and reveal a man detached from the Catholic sensus fidei.]

Would Cardinal Dolan, as Parade Marshal, applaud the inclusion of Irish abortion clinic owners or Planned Parenthood employees in a Parade honoring Saint Patrick? On what logical grounds does he applaud openly LGBT marchers and reject openly pro-abortion Catholics, including some “Catholic” nuns? [Give him time. He well might.]

……..This situation is not about judging individual souls. God loves all his children, and fortunately He is the only one who judges men’s hearts, but we live in a world of actions that have individual, social and legal consequences. [But there is such a thing as objectively sinful acts. And we have to judge those acts and the people who commit them - not their eternal destiny or the state of their soul, but whether such acts conform to Truth and goodness, or falsehood and evil. And we cannot give support to those who manifestly and unrepentantly promote their evil.]

Equality of persons is not the same as equality of behavior. What message does Cardinal Dolan’s decision give? The US Supreme Court is considering whether to hear challenges to state laws allowing only one-man, one-woman marriage. Cardinal Dolan’s statement and actions are most untimely……… [More than untimely, almost diabolical in their likely effect]

……I know from a lifetime in and around politics that federal judges and Members of Congress read newspapers. They are influenced by the actions of moral leaders. They gauge what they can “get away with” by what Catholic prelates “tolerate.”

We do our brothers and sisters no service by pretending that God’s teaching or the “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” are not important today. No one can change Natural Law or the Word of God, written in the blood of Our Savior for our wellbeing and redemption/

I haven’t talked to one Catholic who thinks that what Cardinal Dolan did was prudent or helpful in defending the Faith, marriage or morals. Converts, especially, are distressed. [Yes, I am distressed. But there are millions of katholycs out there who think what he's done is just grand. But I agree, I don't think a single Catholic could support Dolan's actions - including Bill Donahue. Perhaps he should change his group's name to the Katholyc League.]

Some contemporary American Catholics falsely think that “tolerance” is exercised by maintaining indifference towards ideas, opinion or even error, or holding that all points of view are equal. For a Church authority to embrace political correctness at such a time will have consequences which extend far beyond the parade route. [False tolerance, meaning indifference and the pretension that this life is the only one to be concerned with, is the driving heresy of the sexular pagan religion]

Cardinal Dolan’s actions will make enacting legislation in conformity with the Natural Law immeasurably harder to defend especially for lay Catholics or Catholic legislators……..[Dang straight. Already, one or two tragic, flippant comments are constantly thrown in faithful Catholic faces regarding all manner of moral issues, from abortion to sodomy to fornication to whatever! "Who am I to judge?" goes right along with "I think the decision a wise one." The position of faithful Catholics has been horribly undermined.]

Cardinal Dolan is rapidly becoming the American poster boy – at least for the present day, there have been many others – for the new state religion of sexular paganism. From all appearances, it seems Dolan seeks to change the Church to suit the ways of this fallen and evil world, rather than the other way around. Or, if not change the Church, at least change the appearance of the Church so that She never appears to stand in contradiction to the oppressive desires of the power elite. It’s so much easier that way! And Governor Cuomo will answer your calls, and let you feel important for a few minutes! And you’ll get more interviews on 60 Minutes!

One again as the late great Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once said:

“WHO IS GOING TO SAVE OUR CHURCH? NOT OUR BISHOPS, NOT OUR PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS. IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE THE MINDS, THE EYES, THE EARS TO SAVE THE CHURCH. YOUR MISSION IS TO SEE THAT YOUR PRIESTS ACT LIKE PRIESTS, YOUR BISHOPS, LIKE BISHOPS, AND YOUR RELIGIOUS ACT LIKE RELIGIOUS.”

The current Cardinal Archbishop of New York would not be fit to shine the Venerable Archbishop Sheen’s shoes.

The current Cardinal Archbishop of New York would not be fit to shine the Venerable Archbishop Sheen’s shoes.

Nor to wipe his ... um, nose.

On what logical grounds does he applaud openly LGBT marchers and reject openly pro-abortion Catholics, including some “Catholic” nuns?

On the grounds of following the leader, i.e. "Who am I to judge?".

Dolan and O'Malley are high-profile directors of the North American Pope Francis PR Machine, each seemingly endeavoring to out-Francis the other.

If Francis leaves Dolan in his post, then Francis is as guilty as Dolan.

The Church has a Pope in the purely juridical sense, but he is a man totally unfit to be Pope. From the ostentatious humility to the incoherent babblings.

From the ostentatious humility to the incoherent babblings.

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It is not a Catholic event. It is an Irish event. catholic events are liturgical. Everything else is custom. If the Irish sponsors do not have the stomach to tell the fags to go home, then it is not up to Dolan.

But there are millions of katholycs out there who think what he's done is just grand. But I agree, I don't think a single Catholic could support Dolan's actions - including Bill Donahue. Perhaps he should change his group's name to the Katholyc League.]

I think you need to revise your use of 'Katholyc'. That should not be used for faithful CATHOLICS. If you must use it, use it for those who are NOT supporting Catholic teachings.

This is true, however, it is PERCEIVED by many, including, apparently, many Catholics, as a 'Catholic' event. In this case, Cardinal Dolan should have made it clear in his statements that he doesn't support the LGBT lifestyle, and use that 'teachable moment' to state Church teachings on homosexual activity, but that he also doesn't control who does and does not march in the parade, because he doesn't run it.

Sadly, his comments only serve to confuse Catholics, especially young ones who are so heavily influenced by popular culture, about exactly what the Church teaches, and more importantly WHY she teaches what she does about homosexual activity.

But what Dolan says is up to Dolan. It strengthens my perception that a large number of homosexuals have been ordained to the priesthood since Vatican II and that many bishops feel the need to protect them.

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