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Catholic Professors Cheerleading for Pro-Abortion Obama Pick
Catholic Online ^ | 3/3/2009 | Catholic PRWire

Posted on 03/05/2009 8:47:33 AM PST by Alex Murphy

MANASSAS, VA (MARCH 3, 2009) - Half of the 26 Catholic activists, scholars and theologians who signed a statement publicly supporting President Barack Obama’s selection of pro-abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services are professors employed by Catholic universities, The Cardinal Newman Society revealed today.

“These professors are giving comfort and aid to those whose stated goals are to advance policies directly opposed to Catholic teachings on life issues, and they do it under the guise of fidelity to Jesus Christ,” said Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society.

“Lauding pro-abortion Catholics such as Gov. Sebelius is an entirely individual action that does not necessarily reflect on their Catholic employers, but it does highlight the problem of Catholic universities being used as platforms for pro-abortion politics. Moreover, it speaks to the need for careful faculty hiring that considers the moral judgment and example of professors.”

The pro-Sebelius open statement, organized by the pro-Obama group Catholics United, cites Sebelius’ “successful efforts at reducing abortion.” Sebelius has said that she personally believes abortion is wrong.

However, Kathleen Sebelius vetoed pro-life legislation on four separate occasions as governor of Kansas. After she vetoed the pro-life Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act in April 2008, Bishop Joseph Naumann told the Los Angeles Times that she “should stop receiving Communion until she publicly repudiates her support of abortion.”

According to Robert Novak in a May 2008 article entitled “A Vice President for Abortion”, Sebelius was “allied with the aggressive Kansas branch of Planned Parenthood in a bitter struggle with anti-abortion activist District Attorney Phill Kline. There is substantial evidence she has been involved in laundering abortion industry money for distribution to Kansas Democrats. Kansas is the fiercest state battleground for abortion wars, making Kathleen Sebelius the national pro-choice poster girl.”

(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: bhohhs; proaborts; religiousleft; sebelius
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Catholic scholars who signed the statement, with their Catholic university affiliations, include:

Lisa Sowle Cahill – Boston College

Nicholas Cafardi – Duquesne University

William D’Antonio – The Catholic University of America

Miguel H. Diaz – College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University (Minnesota)

Julia Dowd – University of San Francisco

Joseph Fahey – Manhattan College

Fr. David Hollenbach – Boston College

Delores Leckey – Georgetown University (Woodstock Theological Center fellow)

Fr. Thomas Massaro – Boston College

Vincent Miller – Georgetown University

David O’Brien – College of the Holy Cross Fr. Thomas Reese – Georgetown University (Woodstock Theological Center fellow)

Stephen Schneck – The Catholic University of America

1 posted on 03/05/2009 8:47:33 AM PST by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy

There is only one word for these:

Excommunicate!!


2 posted on 03/05/2009 8:49:16 AM PST by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Alex Murphy

If you go by the polls a majority of Roman Catholics voted for the 0 so no surprise.


3 posted on 03/05/2009 8:50:37 AM PST by xp38
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To: xp38
If you go by the polls a majority of Roman Catholics voted for the 0 so no surprise.

You can find the aggregated and annotated 2008 exit polls, covering a wide spectrum of religious affiliation, on my profile page.

4 posted on 03/05/2009 8:53:32 AM PST by Alex Murphy ( "Every country has the government it deserves" - Joseph Marie de Maistre)
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To: Alex Murphy

So there are a bunch of Catholics in name only who don’t take their faith seriously — what else is new?


5 posted on 03/05/2009 8:53:57 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: Alex Murphy

Those are all Catholic university wannabes.


6 posted on 03/05/2009 8:59:20 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Alex Murphy

Unbelievable - but it is what you get when you SAY you stand for something but allow dissenters to hijack the forum.


7 posted on 03/05/2009 9:07:08 AM PST by matginzac
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To: Alex Murphy

No surprise at this rogue’s gallery. If they were honest they cease all pretense of being Catholic. Also I don’t think the Dioscean Bishops have little if any control over so called Catholic universities. But their individual parish priests and Bishops should refuse them the sacraments. The Universities should be made to relinquish the name Catholic if they continue to foster and tolerate such affronts to the faith under their roofs. But how this is done I have no idea.


8 posted on 03/05/2009 9:08:04 AM PST by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: DarthVader

Time for the Bishops to take a stand. Long over due.


9 posted on 03/05/2009 9:12:18 AM PST by devistate one four (Impatiently waiting for the next tea party! Tet '68)
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To: DarthVader
"Catholic Professors Cheerleading for Pro-Abortion Obama Pick"

Totally misleading headline!. There is no legally enforceable requirement that employees of Catholic institutions be Catholic or that they be muted in their private lives.

10 posted on 03/05/2009 9:19:09 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: narses; xsmommy

Info.


11 posted on 03/05/2009 9:27:29 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Natural Law

I suspect the priest listed is a catholic. Or at least a CINO.

Perhaps a homo* as well.


12 posted on 03/05/2009 9:28:44 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Alex Murphy
I have a feeling, the pope, is about to issue a mass excommunication.......and none too soon.
13 posted on 03/05/2009 9:30:39 AM PST by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: devistate one four

I would love to know what % of the Bishops voted for Obama.I am sure it was sizeable.The Bishops silence is deafening.


14 posted on 03/05/2009 9:38:55 AM PST by ardara
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To: xp38
"If you go by the polls a majority of Roman Catholics voted for the 0 so no surprise."

Not exactly. A study cited by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver in his recent address to the University of Toronto finds that the overwhelming majority of catholics who regularly attend mass and practice their faith voted for McCain or did not vote at all.

15 posted on 03/05/2009 9:40:32 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
"I suspect the priest listed is a catholic."

I'm not too sure, they are both Jesuits. Fr. Massaro is indeed a priest, but one that need some guidance and discipline by the Church elders. Hollenbach is a Jesuit Brother, which is different than being a priest. Thier websites are listed below. It might not be a bad idea to contact them directly as well as the University and the Jesuits to voice your observations and complaints. http://www.bc.edu/schools/stm/faculty/massaro.html

http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/dhollenbach.html

16 posted on 03/05/2009 9:59:46 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: ardara

The black, liberal, extremist, comes-from-inner-city-Chicago “archbishop” of Atlanta ?

Would he vote for Obama? Nah

/sarchasm - the gaping hole between lieberals and the truth


17 posted on 03/05/2009 10:02:05 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Natural Law

Hollenbach’s Curriculum Vitae states that he was ordained to the priesthood in 1971.


18 posted on 03/05/2009 10:03:39 AM PST by Remole
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To: Alex Murphy
Please Pray for the Unborn
 
Will Sibelius like what her Maker says
at the moment of her death?
 

19 posted on 03/05/2009 4:49:41 PM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: DarthVader
She already excommunicated herself.

Her Archbishop has told her not to receive Communion

20 posted on 03/05/2009 4:52:42 PM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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