Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...our chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, fear, surprise and ruthless efficiency...get the comfy chair...
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 07/01/2004 4:22:11 AM PDT by Elkiejg
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:42:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A Catholic lawyer has filed heresy charges against Sen. John Kerry with the Archdiocese of Boston, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of bringing "most serious scandal to the American public" by receiving Holy Communion as a pro-choice Catholic.
The 18-page document was sent to the archdiocese June 14, but released to the public only yesterday by Marc Balestrieri, a Los Angeles-based canon lawyer and an assistant judge with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' tribunal, an ecclesiastical court.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
HAH! this is great.
Maybe. That could happen. But, it is far more important for the Church to uphold its belief than pander to any political consideration.
Kerry already has the non-Christian vote.
bump for later
Excellent - time to fight back!
You are absolutely correct!!!!
I remember controversy in New York about some heretical art being displayed. The local liberals got themselves in a real knot because they forgot what a high percentage of their constituency were Irish, Italian or Hispanic - Catholics. Kind of reality check time.
I believe there were (are) rules against priests buggering young boys, and the church swept THAT under the rug for years.
Maybe they can't exactly sweep this under the rug, but they can pooh-pooh it and debate it, and argue it, and the next thing you know, it's 2013...
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...our chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, fear, surprise and ruthless efficiency...get the comfy chair...
Regards, Ivan
I thought only Demoncrats used the court system to win their argument. Finally conservatives are learning to use the levers of justice. Don't you love it?
It keeps the issue alive. Just like last Sunday after Mass, we registered church-going Catholics for the November 2,2004 election.
I wonder how many votes this will get for Kerry.
I am confused by the Kerry:Church equation. Did he or did he not get a church annulment? He refuses to say, or cannot prove it. If he married his first wife in church, and if both he and his first wife were baptized, then he could not marry again w/o a church annulment. If he did so, he is a fallen-away Catholic. But he's just not going to tell us where he stands.
HE IS NOT BEING HONEST WITH THE VOTERS.
As far as religion/politics are concerned, Kerry has placed the church in an awkward position. The church will not want to make a martyr of him which could get him sympathy votes. Perhaps the longer view taken by the church is to get a religious, non-abortion president re-elected.
seamole ping, sounds interesting.
Hoo boy, here we go.
I hate to be the realist, but there are no winners in this.
Kerry is a loser, regardless of this situation.
Those controlling the Church, who are bad enough for letting 31 years lapse, and doing nothing, will only cause the Church to look poor publicly, no matter what they do.
If they take the correct action, the public vilification from the secularists will be bad.
If they are restrained, or hold out, then truer damage is done.
And both of those actions are reflected upon the laity as well. Which is all the more reason to condemn the original loser in the first place. As much as I have an issue with the Princes of the Church for not dealing with the life issue more forcefully, for all these years, what amount of intelligence, and prudence would it have taken for any one of them to pull that a$$h*le aside, and warn him off of the Public prostitution of his ETHNICITY (he obviously has no faith) in trolling for votes?
Ratzinger is as conservative in faith as a Cardinal can be. Even if it gets debated for years, He will make sure the faith stays strong.
I, for one, would like to see this happen. I would like to see the Catholic Church stand up for itself and it's beliefs. We are told from birth to stand up for our beliefs and values and it's time for the Catholic Church to follow its own advice. Either this is important or it's not, no grey area, no middle ground. Stand up for what you believe or sit down, shut up and keep your values and your morals to yourself. If you are luke warm, I will spit thee out.
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