Posted on 08/29/2020 8:32:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Lou Holtz, former football coach at Notre Dame University, spoke at the Republican National Convention, slamming Democratic nominee Joe Biden as “Catholic in name only” for his radical pro-abortion policies. Notre Dame, a supposedly Roman Catholic university run by catholic clergy, issued a statement disavowing his comments.
Over the years, Notre Dame has shown a decidedly radical liberal bent in its teachings and actions. It has taken an agnostic view toward abortion, despite the Vatican’s strong condemnation of the practice. And when it comes to political candidates who profess their catholicism, who run on their religious affiliation and support unfettered abortions in the U.S., Notre Dame leaders look the other way.
Lou Holtz never made any apologies for being Catholic, either during his career or afterward. He has gained notoriety as a sought-after speaker at Catholic and Christian functions for his advocacy and promotion of Christian beliefs. His remarks at the GOP convention about Joe Biden’s hypocrisy of portraying himself as a devout Catholic while supporting late-term abortion were entirely reasonable given the strong anti-abortion position of the church and Biden’s strong defense of abortion rights.
From Just the News:
“When a leader tells you something, you’ve got to be able to count on it. That’s President Trump. He says what he means, he means what he says, and he’s done what he said he would do at every single turn. One of the important reasons he has my trust is because nobody has been a stronger advocate for the unborn than President Trump,” he said Wednesday at the convention.
“The Biden-Harris ticket is the most radically pro-abortion campaign in history. They and other politicians are ‘Catholics in Name Only’ and abandon innocent lives. President Trump protects those lives. I trust President Trump,” Holtz continued.
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In response to Holtz’s remarks, University President Fr. John Jenkins issued a statement saying that the former Fighting Irish coach’s “use of the University’s name at the Republican National Convention must not be taken to imply that the University endorses his views, any candidate or any political party.”
Jenkins added that “we Catholics should remind ourselves that while we may judge the objective moral quality of another’s actions, we must never question the sincerity of another’s faith, which is due to the mysterious working of grace in that person’s heart. In this fractious time, let us remember that our highest calling is to love.”
That’s rhetorical mush. What else can you do but question the faith of someone who professes belief in Catholic doctrine while openly defying it?
Another Catholic priest said on MSNBC that Holtz “has no clue” what Biden really believes.
“(He) cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden,” James Martin, a Jesuit priest said on MSNBC. “I think it’s a really terrible thing to say about someone. He has no clue what’s going on inside of Joe Biden’s heart.”
That’s strange. Liberals claim they can peer into the hearts of people and discern whether they are racist, or sexist, or homophobic. But Holtz can’t point out the obvious hypocrisy of the Democratic nominee for president?
Good to see the CINO marxists squirm.
F ND.
Hope they never win another game.
Justice will only come when corrupt career politician such as Judas Biden are forever removed from our cities and towns.
It’s Notre Dame that is primarily responsible for Buttlicker to even be on the political stage.
These are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Judge them by the fruit that they bear. Or in other words, leftist vile scum destroy everything they touch in the name of helping people.
Aided and abetted by the current occupant of the Vatican.
By the way fellow Mercuns:
It’s pronounced Note-ra Dom.
“Another Catholic priest said on MSNBC that Holtz “has no clue” what Biden really believes.”
That’s a coincidence because Biden has no clue what he believes in either, and he has no clue that his name is Joe Biden!
They’re going after all those that appeared on the RNC schedule. I never thought America Journalists would turn out to be so effing evil! The snake needs to be decapitated! I am praying so hard the rioters will turn on them and eliminate them!!
Notre Dame is Catholic In Name Only.
Notre Dame U. is Catholic In Name Only.
Like the Jesuit Pope.
Like so many Priests.
Like so many Parishioners.
Revival time...
The wrong Notre Dame burned.
The Vatican has converted to Marxism and Notre Dame now pursues heaven on earth to the exclusion of God Almighty. Jesus Christ is being canceled by Christian denominations all over the world in the name of clean energy political correctness and redistribution of wealth. We the People derive our freedoms from God, a forgotten concept at Notre Dame.
I’ve heard that about Georgetown as well.
Ditto for “Baptist” schools, like Baylor, who sold their souls to the Sports God.
we must never question the sincerity of another’s faith
Riiiiightttttt
Does that apply to Jerry Falwell Jr. ?
How about the fabulous Bakker couple?
Pope Francis?
The current occupant I consider to be the Anti-Christ, made flesh.
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