Posted on 05/22/2021 7:00:11 AM PDT by ebb tide
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A U.S. Senator who was Hillary Clinton’s 2016 running mate has written an opinion piece vilifying Catholic leaders for challenging President Joe Biden’s views on “abortion, contraception, marriage and gender,” and for considering “withholding of Communion to the president and other Catholic political figures.”
Calling U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) President Archbishop José Gomez’s expression of pastoral concern an “ad hominem rebuke,” Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said he is worried that “even an unsuccessful effort to mandate the withholding of Communion from American public officials could lead more bishops and priests to freelance and deny Communion in their own dioceses and parishes.”
“I am most concerned by the bishops’ flirtation with redefining the meaning of the sacrament itself,” fretted the Jesuit-taught politician.
Kaine is one of many high-profile Catholics in D.C. — including the president and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — who publicly dissent from Catholic teaching and promote offenses against human dignity.
For a long time their actions have essentially gone ignored by many Church leaders, whose silence has provided them with cover to support abhorrent anti-life practices. Kaine appears to be troubled that the cover is fraying and may soon be torn away.
The church according to Kaine, Pelosi, and Biden should make no demands on the faithful, seek no adherence to important articles of faith, no dedication, and no sacrifice, as if the Cross of Christ were not the pivotal point of the Gospel and all human history. They support abortion, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism.
They are headliners at church-sponsored events one day and spokespersons for Planned Parenthood or the pro-LGBT Human Rights Campaign, the next. Yet they have long enjoyed fraternity and camaraderie within the Church, which has allowed them to maintain a public illusion that they are devout Catholics.
Sen. Kaine is dismayed that prominent Church leaders and commentators are now publicly critical of his compromised approach to his Catholic faith, threatening to unravel the illusion that Catholics can embrace ideologies and political policies that are antithetical to the Gospel.
Last month, Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila wrote a hard-hitting piece explaining why pro-abortion politicians who say they are Catholic — without mentioning President Biden by name — cannot receive Holy Communion according to Church teaching.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, and Bishop James Wall have also made the case that pro-abortion politicians such as Biden must be denied Communion to safeguard the sacrament, to avoid scandal, and to call the sinner to repentance.
Their voices have been joined by EWTN’s Papal Posse member, Fr. Gerald Murray, prominent theologian and former member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission Fr. Thomas Weinandy, and Fr. James Altman.
“Joe Biden ate and drank his own spiritual death,” wrote Austin Ruse, president of the Center for Family and Human Rights, after Biden had attended Mass at D.C.’s Cathedral of St. Matthew just hours before his inauguration.
“That he received the Holy Eucharist from the hands of a Cardinal of the Church adds scandal upon scandal,” continued Ruse. “One radio wag called it a mass for Planned Parenthood. And so, it was.”
“Joe Biden is an enemy of the Catholic faith,” added Ruse.
Kaine has enjoyed a 100 percent rating from NARAL (the National Abortion Rights Action League) and Planned Parenthood.
Contradicting Church teaching, he supports same-sex marriage, while simultaneously accusing orthodox U.S. bishops of flirting with redefining the meaning of the Sacrament of Communion. Kaine has gone so far as to predict that the Catholic Church will change its views on same-sex marriage.
During his 2016 tenure as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Kaine oddly showed himself to be so gender-compromised at a vice presidential debate that he couldn’t refer to himself as a man. Instead, he promised to be “Hillary Clinton’s right-hand person,” not her “right-hand man.”
The Virginia senator has also expressed support for women to become priests.
“If women are not accorded equal place in the leadership of the Catholic Church and the other great world religions, they will always be treated as inferiors in earthly matters as well,” wrote Kane in 2015. “There is nothing this Pope could do that would improve the world as much as putting the Church on a path to ordain women.”
“Joe Biden ate and drank his own spiritual death,” wrote Austin Ruse, president of the Center for Family and Human Rights, after Biden had attended Mass at D.C.’s Cathedral of St. Matthew just hours before his inauguration.
“That he received the Holy Eucharist from the hands of a Cardinal of the Church adds scandal upon scandal,” continued Ruse. “One radio wag called it a mass for Planned Parenthood. And so, it was.”
Ping
If you willingly refuse to follow the Catholic faith then you need to leave the faith. It’s not up to the faith to conform to your perverse views.
Even though he is married, every time I saw Kaine speak on tv, it would set off my gaydar...
‘”Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said he is worried that “even an unsuccessful effort to mandate the withholding of Communion from American public officials could lead more bishops and priests to freelance and deny Communion in their own dioceses and parishes.”’
How dare the Church deny Communion to people just because the like to kill babies.
I thought it was “patriotic to disagree”.
This wouldn’t be an issue if more of the bishops had anything resembling a spine. Start speaking clearly with one voice exactly what the Church has always taught clearly. Stop with the “God is all Love” pablum without teaching that God is also all Justice. Start teaching about Hell again and stop being so diplomatic and namby-pamby. After one clear warning, these dissenting politicians should publicly and pointedly be getting the medicinal slap-down of excommunication. Anything less is endangering their souls and giving scandal to the faithful and to the world.
There are a lot straighter guys that turned out to be gay than Timmy.
My gaydar has been pegged since I first saw him. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Like Francis a Jesuit.
I had to click on this I forgot who her running mate was
Now politicians believe they are religious leaders as well. Pray that God responds.
I am Orthodox and I know that withholding communion is a spiritual discipline for the good of the person, so he does not receive the eucharist in a state of serious sin. It makes clear the necessity of the person to confess and repent. I know of an Orthodox couple who were denied communion because they were living together without marriage.
All kinds of Christians, until fairly recently, have taught that having an abortion or procuring an abortion for someone else is a serious sin. Catholic politicians who vote pro-abortion always say they are not pro-abortion, but pro-choice. Who really believes that? If they took the condition of their souls seriously they would have to change their position. Instead, they demand that the church affirm them in their sin.
King CREEPY!!
Yet if they lobby for gay and trans issues, that would be okay with Tim.
The bishops are starting to move on prolife as the laity demand it. This is one area where we need to cooperate and communicate to our individual bishops and parish priests.
Those who say they are Catholic, are not, but do lie.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.