Posted on 04/30/2018 6:37:57 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
The Catholic Church is at its finest when it is counter cultural. When it seeks accommodation with a culture that embraces hedonistic debauchery, abortion and atheism, it loses its credibility and fails in its spiritual mission to the people.
Liverpool is one of the few cities with two cathedrals and two Archbishops.
If the Church of England Archbishop had more (any?) support for Alfie they might have even got a few converts to make up for their declining flock.
I fully agree. Here is a reading from the OT concerning ministers who are derelict. Perfect for what we have just observed.
Malachi 2:1-9
And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse on you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them,* because you do not lay it to heart. 3I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.*
4 Know, then, that I have sent this command to you, so that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the LORD of hosts. 5My covenant with him was a covenant of life and well-being, which I gave him; this called for reverence, and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in integrity and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts, 9and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in your instruction.
This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
Then do the British Christians all serve the Beast? Because the other churches in Britain (Anglican, which is still the majority; plus Presbyterian/Church of Scotland; the Methodist chapels; the Baptists, the various flavors of immigrant Orthodox--- all the other churches in Britain --- said not a mumblin' word for Alfie, and were not expected to.
You only hear about the shameful moral dereliction of the Catholic hierarchy, precisely because people expected them to do something for this doomed boy and his suffering parents.
Politically, neither the Conservatives nor Labor nor any other party with current representation in Parliament, did one single thing for them.
Who DID support Alfie? As far as I know, IN BRITAIN --- and somebody else fill in here --- the thousands of supporters came from SPUC (Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, a pro-life group), predominantly Catholics; and the Christian Legal Society (organized to advance Christian religious liberty) which is predominantly Protestant.
And one member of the clergy ministered to Tom and Kate: Fr. Gabriele Brusco, an Italian Catholic priest, who was yanked off the scene by the British Bishops.
The whole scene is shameful for all.
And there was one stand-out exception: the magnificent efforts of Pope Francis (Stunning! Of all people, The deeply compromised Francisoid!!) who brushed past his own pro-Death appointee, Paglia, and made the arrangements for the Italian govt. to offer Alfie Italian citizenship and military Medevac air transport, and for the Vatican Bambino Gesu hospital to offer him pr-admission and care/treatment, all at no expense to the Evans family.
But in general: only place you'll find backbone in any Faith group in Britain (or, I daresay, anywhere) are the valiant pro-life laity.
And for ONCE in Pope Francis' career I can say: viva il Papa.
That ain't shabby.
Tell us, what did your denomination or non-denomination do?
Really excellent post, Mrs. Good for you.
One gets very tired of the trite and generally inaccurate portrayal of Catholicism on FR.
My denomination?
My God sent his only Son to die for the sins of rbe world that we may believe in him and have everlasting life.
The Roman Catholic Church is a false doctrine, and in a way more dangerous than Islam because it flirts with the truth here and there and deceives many, just like revelations said it would.
I know no one is going to go and say I’m right, but I will say the Bible is right, and those who ignore it to follow man man stuff is done at their own peril.
No, I’m not poorly informed either, the evidence is clear. A lot of people just don’t want to o accept it, just like a lot of people won’t accept there’s a globalist movement trying to impose a one world order. Nobody wants to believe it.
You’re right. No backbone.
Brits seem very weak.
Scared Big Sister may have retribution against critics of their health care system?
noticed no mention in your post of support or opposition from “the religion of peace”. How does this fit under sharia law?
You show deficits in your knowledge of Catholicism. As a lifelong student and now a teacher of the Catholic Faith, I welcome you to private message me if you want to carry this discussion further.
I think you are interested in the truth; and as fellow disciples, let us approach the Truth who is Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Great article you posted yesterday, Mrs. Don-o. It was so shameful what happened to Alfie; wonderful (and amazing and beyond understanding) that the Pope took a stand and took action. If I were those young parents, I would emigrate immediately to Italy, which seems to be the only country in the world that really gets it. I thought I had read that the Italian parliament voted to give Alfie citizenship? The Catholic lens is a bit clearer there.
“Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable.
“Thus an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator. The error of judgment into which one can fall in good faith does not change the nature of this MURDEROUS act, which must always be forbidden and excluded.
“Even if death is thought imminent, the ordinary care owed to a sick person (food, water) cannot be legitimately interrupted.”
I love the Catholic Catechism (2277).
Yeah, if I were in Tom & Kate's position, I'd emigrate to Italy. If and when God grants them another pregnancy, they need to get out to escape the tender kindness of Holy Mother the State.
I agree about the Catechism. I love it. Clearly and beautifully written. A great guide for any Christian.
Heartbreaking, start to finish. I cannot imagine the depraved hearts of these bureaucrats in the hospital nor the moral confusion, it would appear, in the top ranks of the diocese.
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