"Yes, Excellency. Sell the Nursing Homes. After all how would it look if we were to sell off the Cathedral?"
I hope that includes standing up to BO's death panels.
One of the problems is that the religious orders that staffed these homes (and schools) were taken over by the left and now have nearly vanished.
Apb Chaput is orthodox in theology, very evangelically oriented, very pro-life and a supporter of natural marriage, and an excellent writer and speaker for orthodox Christianity. (Unfortunately, he’s not good on the Old Rite mass, although he tolerates it.)
But what he and many other short-sighted people don’t understand is that there was never a time when Catholic old age homes, hospitals, etc. were more needed than now.
The elderly are on Obama’s hit list, and even if Obama gives up office, I have little doubt that another “progressive” will be elected. And to “progressives,” progess means getting rid of anybody who they believe makes society less efficient: the elderly first, then the handicapped, and then anybody they don’t like.
The Church could stand up to this, but I think few if any of the bishops understand what’s at stake here.
This is pure B.S.
The Catholic character of those institutions and most of all types of Catholic institutions was lost already, so the promise that the Catholic character of the nursing homes will be kept is empty blathering.
Catholic character is selfless, loyal to Jesus Christ and the infallible teachings of the Magisterium, pro-life through and through. It is not the cafeteria character of most of the modern so-called Catholic people and institutions.
Had it still been Catholic, it would not have needed to be sold. It would have been so winsome as to flourish.
Were Nancy Pelosi to behave like a loyal Catholic, she would be at the border encouraging a mercy ship to take the pobrecitos back to their families. She would be hammering at her fellow legislators to empower and yes, even force, the sending countries to develop their own economies and families.
We Catholics need to re-capture our faith.
This is pure B.S.
The Catholic character of those institutions and most of all types of Catholic institutions was lost already, so the promise that the Catholic character of the nursing homes will be kept is empty blathering.
Catholic character is selfless, loyal to Jesus Christ and the infallible teachings of the Magisterium, pro-life through and through. It is not the cafeteria character of most of the modern so-called Catholic people and institutions.
Had it still been Catholic, it would not have needed to be sold. It would have been so winsome as to flourish.
Were Nancy Pelosi to behave like a loyal Catholic, she would be at the border encouraging a mercy ship to take the pobrecitos back to their families. She would be hammering at her fellow legislators to empower and yes, even force, the sending countries to develop their own economies and families.
We Catholics need to re-capture our faith.
Catholic ping!
Whew!
Glad no Anti-Catholic Bigots showed up on this thread, to intentionally miss the point that AB Chaput is doing a masterful job of cleaning up the mess he was handed in PA.
I love the way Archbishop Chaput is cleaning up the Philadelphia Archdiocese. He is a wonderful, Godly man. Selling of parts to support the most important core tasks is a good way to raise money.
I wonder if the childhood chant, ‘If you can’t say anything good, don’t say anything at all” might apply to this forum? To Free Republic?