Catholic bishops plan to forcefully confront Obama

Chicago Tribune on-line ^ | November 11, 2008 | Manya Brachear, Tribune staff reporter

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

BALTIMORE - America's Roman Catholic bishops, long one of the leading political forces against abortion, vowed on Tuesday to accept no compromise for the sake of unity until there is legal protection for the unborn.

About 300 prelates gathered here for their national meeting adopted a formal blessing for a child in the womb and advised Chicago's Cardinal Francis George as he drafted a post-election letter to America's Catholics. The moves were meant to tell the incoming Obama administration, which supports keeping abortion legal, that the nation's Catholic bishops are stepping up their opposition to abortion.

"This is not a matter of political compromise or a matter of finding some way of common ground," said Bishop Daniel Conlon of Steubenville, Ohio. "It's a matter of absolutes. Either you didn't have slavery or you did have slavery. So it is with abortion."

Bishops Thomas Paprocki of Chicago said the Freedom of Choice Act could threaten conscience clauses, putting Catholic health care institutions in jeopardy.

"There are grave consequences," Paprocki said. "If Catholic hospitals were required by federal law to perform abortions, we'd have to close our hospitals."

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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[Mikey_1962]

Gee, maybe they’ll stop funding ACORN.

[Don Corleone]

Excommunication is the answer!

[thesetruths]

They don’t seem to be wishing him “every success” as are some others.

Good.

[mockingbyrd]

Way to stand up bishops....better late than never. Still would like to see Biden, Pelosi excommunicated. Actually, I’d prefer to see a public repentance on their part. I wonder which is more likely?

[SunkenCiv]

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[ethics]

The Bishops and the cardinals have finally gotten straight to the point. No ifs, ands, or buts!

The next step after Bishop Martino taking on Biden should be the Senator bob casey jr.

GO BISHOPS1

[allmost]

From the article: "There are grave consequences," Paprocki said in an interview. "If Catholic hospitals were required by federal law to perform abortions, we'd have to close our hospitals." "I don't think I'm being alarmist," Paprocki told the bishops. George agreed that losing federal funds would put Catholic health care facilities, which make up a third of the nation's hospitals, out of business. Closing Catholic hospitals would put many patients seeking charitable care from those facilities at risk, he added.

[AndrewB]

Cardinal Biggles! Poke Obama with...the SOFT CUSHIONS!!!

[CWW]

They did that already last month, wise guy. Read the news often?

[Antoninus]

Our bishops have been MIA for decades now, but I'm getting a sense that the tide is FINALLY turning.

God bless and protect our good and holy bishops!

[netmilsmom]

Which one of the Bishops was it that had the biggest fit about the Faithful Citizenship document? I can’t remember who it was.

[mware]

A good first step would be a mass March For Life in DC. I believe two days after Obama takes office,

[linn37]

Didn't I see an article stating that more Catholics went for Obama then Mccain? If thats true the bishops should confront themselves.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

That’s it. Obama is the AntiChrist!

BTW, it is getting harder to argue with my friends that he is NOT the AC, especially since it looks like his first actions as President will involve abortion and stem cell research.

Oh, well we only have him around until 2012.

Wait a minute!

Isn’t that the date the Mayan Calender ends?

This is getting TOO CREEPY.

[Snickering Hound]

Better late than never...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UieDo4GoRPE

[aWolverine]

Bye bye tax exempt status.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Too much talk and too far past the election. And I AM a faithfully practicing Catholic. This show won’t change a thing and when they could have changed something, they didn’t.

[Antoninus]

"There are grave consequences," Paprocki said in an interview. "If Catholic hospitals were required by federal law to perform abortions, we'd have to close our hospitals." "I don't think I'm being alarmist," Paprocki told the bishops. George agreed that losing federal funds would put Catholic health care facilities, which make up a third of the nation's hospitals, out of business. Closing Catholic hospitals would put many patients seeking charitable care from those facilities at risk, he added.

And let it not be forgotten that Mitt Romney's socialized medicine scam and homo-adoption garbage put the Catholic Church in Boston in precisely the same kind of binds.

When you have to make charity illegal to serve your immoral masters, you know you've turned to the dark side.

[prayerfullywaiting]

The sleeping giant is awake.....thank you