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NY priest wants bishop to ‘be a man not a mouse’ and excommunicate pro-abortion politicians
LifeSite News ^ | February 15, 2019 | Lianne Laurence

Posted on 02/18/2019 8:38:54 AM PST by ebb tide

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“Excellency, it is time to be a man and not a mouse. It is time to be a true High Priest of Jesus Christ.”
1 posted on 02/18/2019 8:38:54 AM PST by ebb tide
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2 posted on 02/18/2019 8:39:30 AM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

The Democrat policy of open borders is more important to the Catholic Church than standing for life.


3 posted on 02/18/2019 8:47:25 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ebb tide

News flash to LifeSite News:

Women were getting abortions long before Cuome was even in politics. Even before RvW.

Nobody forces these women to kill their children. They go to the butcher and willfully authorize execution. In fact it is hard to stop them from committing premeditated murder if they don’t want to.

Governor Cuomo can be ex communicated from the Church and thrown out of politics forever, but that will not stop the killing. Maybe it’s time for LifeSite to concentrate their focus where it belongs.


4 posted on 02/18/2019 8:53:27 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: ebb tide

The “retaliation” will come in the form of the Bishop acting against the priest for speaking out.


5 posted on 02/18/2019 8:54:01 AM PST by headstamp 2
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The Democrat policy of open borders is more important to the Catholic Church than standing for life.

I seems it is a cash cow for the various diocese.

6 posted on 02/18/2019 8:54:35 AM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: ebb tide

“Excellency....?”

I thought that shit went out with the Middle Ages. How about “Mediocrity”?


7 posted on 02/18/2019 9:03:13 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ebb tide

Absolutely.

It amazes me how these Bishops intend to hold average lay Catholics accountable to Church teachings when the wealthy and powerful are always getting a pass.


8 posted on 02/18/2019 9:03:45 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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The Democrat policy of open borders is more important to large numbers of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church than standing for life.

There, fixed it. There are lots of us laity and even some bishops working and praying hard for life (and who embrace the biblical virtue of patriotism). We are the Catholic Church, not the weak bureaucrats that are shaming the name of Christ. It is our Church, not theirs. We and our children will outlast them, and Christ will triumph in the end.

9 posted on 02/18/2019 9:21:13 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: ebb tide

Dolan is the top guy and he already gave them a pass. He’ll be sitting between Hillary and Cuomo at the Al Smith dinner laughing up a storm.


10 posted on 02/18/2019 9:23:15 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: fidelis

I gave up on it over 30 years ago when they rotated a known predatory pedophile priest into our parish.


11 posted on 02/18/2019 9:27:21 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ebb tide

Amen, Brother! Preach it!


12 posted on 02/18/2019 9:32:56 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: MichaelCorleone

some women may think twice about their behavior that puts them in situation of wanting abortion if it wasn’t so easy to get abortion.

No excommunicating cuomo wont stop it all but it may stop some if officials who claim christianity in any amount were to be called out on their un biblical ways as the bible tells us to.

maybe look at the big picture, not just this one incident/person. God is looking to use any person willing - this priest is willing to speak up, hope the bishop is willing to be used by God too, not just “rule” by his own power.


13 posted on 02/18/2019 9:41:36 AM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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Maybe it’s time for LifeSite to concentrate their focus where it belongs.

Where exactly would that be for LifeSite News?

It seems to me that an organization with a name like LifeSite would have a mission to fight abortion and promote the Life option.

Calling out hypocrites like Cuomo, Brindisi and pushing the Bishop to do his duty seems to me to be consistent to their mission.

14 posted on 02/18/2019 9:49:59 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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"I gave up on it over 30 years ago when they rotated a known predatory pedophile priest into our parish."

I'm 61 years old and I lived half of my life under the terrible LA Archdiocese of the notorious Cardinal Mahoney. I didn't give up then, and I won't give up until they throw dirt on my coffin. It's my Church not theirs and I'll spend my last breath praying, fasting, educating and speaking out so that generations after me will know the truth. If the Church in America completely collapses into a decadent mass, it won't be because I quit or kept my mouth shut. Like Cardinal Vigano and Cardinal Mueller, I'm not getting any younger and I want to face my God knowing I did everything I could to help save Christs Bride, the Church, even if it ends in failure.

15 posted on 02/18/2019 10:23:04 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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The good Father is right, for the Church to have any moral and teaching authority it must stringently stand with its teachings.

Church teaching is that homosexuality is against natural law and inherently a grave sin, yet homosexuality is rampent among the clergy and even at the highest levels of the Vatican. Cardinal Mc Carrick, who was a sexual predator for decades and used his high positions in the Church to feed his homosexuality was but reluctantly defrocked while excommunication would have been more appropriate if the Church had any consistency with its teachings.

Given this record it is no surprise that the Bishops, who relish hobnobbing with liberal politicians, can only bring themselves to no more than writing tepid letters of admonishment to erstwhile Catholic politicians who are now openly pushing infanticide.

16 posted on 02/18/2019 11:41:58 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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Abortion is “deplorable” but “to alienate those who publicly disregard the sanctity of life is contrary to a Church that should always be open to receive the repentant sinner,” he wrote.

Where was the repentance? This is nonsense.

17 posted on 02/18/2019 11:42:42 AM PST by Fedora
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To: fidelis

Amen.


18 posted on 02/18/2019 11:43:11 AM PST by Fedora
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To: ebb tide

Excellent! Good on Father Castronovo! These wishy-washy Bishops must be called on the carpet. It is partly because of them that abortion flourishes...even in Catholic communites.


19 posted on 02/18/2019 11:49:19 AM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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Amen! The faithful who love life must speak out louder and clearer, even if it means some relatives and friends may disown them. Always do the right thing...not the popular thing!


20 posted on 02/18/2019 11:53:07 AM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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