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Cardinal Rigali issues Pastoral letter stating abortion is the "Transcending Issue of Our Day"
The Catholic Standard and Times ^
| October 23, 2008
| Cardinal Rigali
Posted on 10/24/2008 1:42:39 PM PDT by MountainLoop
The transcending issue of our day is the intentional destruction of innocent human life, as in abortion. We wish with all our hearts that no candidate and no party were advocating this heinous act against the human person. However, since it is a transcending issue, and even supported in its most extreme and horrific forms, we must proclaim time and time again that no intrinsic evil can ever be supported in any way, most especially when it concerns the gravest of all intrinsic evils: the taking of an innocent life...
At this moment in our country’s history, defense of innocent human life is a moral responsibility for all of us. The same God who thundered from Mount Sinai: “Thou shalt not kill,” thunders still. When life in the womb is destroyed, God thunders: “This is a child!” When by the most barbaric means, unworthy of any civilized people, the brain of a child is sucked out of his or her head by a vacuum, God thunders: “This is a child!” When a baby is left to die of exposure on a shelf because of a failed abortion, and this is considered a “right” by any leader, God, the Source of all law and authority, thunders: “This is a child!” When we are faced with every modern means of education and communication, in addition to the law placed in our hearts at creation, no one, and most especially, no Catholic, can ever say: “I did not know.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; abortion; cardinalrigali; catholic; cultureoflife; issues; moralabsolutes; prolife; prolifevote
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To: MountainLoop
I hope this make a BIG enough dent in Ozero’s chances!!
To: MountainLoop
AMEN........ABORTION IS THE HUMAN SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF CONVENIENCE.
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:49:45 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: MountainLoop
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:50:01 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(You have no "rights" that require an involuntary burden on another person. Period. - MrB)
To: MountainLoop
“OCT 24 • I find it ironic that Cardinal Rigali cites the willingness of the Catholic Church in America to teach its sons and daughters to fight and kill for U.S. national interest in an essay on the Church’s duty to teach respect for life.”
The Church has ALWAYS supported the concept of a “Just War” and the taking of an innocent and unborn human life in no way is equivalent with the actions of a soldier engaged in a legitimate war.
This is a great piece and I hope very Catholic in the Country reads it - also every non-Catholic who believes in the sanctity of innocent human life.
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posted on
10/24/2008 1:58:49 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: Ann Archy
Abortion is also the fruit of fornication.
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10/24/2008 1:59:28 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: ZULU
And just when is the Church hierarchy going to start public excommunications of Catholic politicians who favor abortion? Hmmm? When the Cardinal actually does something about his beliefs I’ll take him seriously, and not before. Words are not doing something by my definition btw. Also, if he was for real, this would have been done some time ago, and not just before an election. This stinks of casuistry.
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10/24/2008 2:10:20 PM PDT
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: MountainLoop
Leviticus 18
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 20
2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Leviticus 20
3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Deuteronomy 18
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:12:52 PM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Abortion: #1 National Security Issue, #1 Economic Issue, #1 Moral Issue)
To: MountainLoop
Bravo... If only the Parish Pastors would have said something on Respect Life Sunday!
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:19:34 PM PDT
by
philly-d-kidder
(Kuwait where the American troops are always Welcome..)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: pgyanke
Its NEVER too late for God.
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:27:07 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: RKV
Well, it certainly can’t HURT McCain’s chances.
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:27:52 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: MountainLoop
Then why is he not preaching to mothers who make that choice?
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:50:07 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: ZULU
McCain can stand every bit of help. That said, I don’t have particularly high hopes for a McCain administration - lesser of two evils kind of thing YMMV.
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:02:11 PM PDT
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: MountainLoop
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posted on
10/25/2008 12:22:13 AM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
To: ZULU
Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi
Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:
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... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
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... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
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Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
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... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
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Cardinal
Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops,
has weighed-in -
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{Last updated on September 10th.}
Notes:
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Previous #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.
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Previous #16 has also been removed, it was an erroneous duplication of current #13.
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#26 was added September 10th, although he published his column September 6th
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posted on
10/25/2008 12:23:01 AM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
To: sandyeggo
Excellent compilation. May I borrow it?
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posted on
10/25/2008 12:25:01 AM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
To: All
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posted on
10/25/2008 12:27:58 AM PDT
by
Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: MountainLoop; All
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posted on
10/25/2008 9:34:01 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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