Your Eminence, it's almost to the point now that nobody cares whether you support or oppose particular issues. Non-Catholics are certainly not going to be swayed by your opinions and by the way "Catholics" voted in the last election, neither are members of your flock (assuming they even know your opinions), now largely dispersed and lost.
He warned against “harsh judgments’’ and attributing “the worst motives’’ to people with whom Catholics have disagreements, saying “these attitudes and practices do irreparable damage to the communion of the Church.’’
Wow! You mean when a Catholic university bestows an honorary degree on a vocal advocate of abortion, some Catholics actually get angry?? What a shocker!
You mean to say that when prominent politicians who self-identify as "Catholics" tirelessly promote the cause of abortion and do everything in their power to undermine the position of the Church, with no public sanction or rebuke from their pastors, some Catholics get fed up??!! Amazing!
These are not just "disagreements", Your Eminence. This is a matter of life and death! Unborn children are being slaughtered by the millions and you're waffling about "disagreements"? Catholics are sick of this "business as usual" attitude from the Church hierarchy.
“Our ability to change people’s hearts and help them to grasp the dignity of each and every life, from the first moment of conception to the last moment of natural death, is directly related to our ability to increase love and unity in the church, for our proclamation of the truth is hindered when we are divided and fighting with each other,’’ he wrote.
It's called defending the faith. The only reason we are "divided and fighting with each other" is because there is a significant cohort of Catholics, of whom Kennedy was the ringleader, who are spending every waking moment attacking the Church and undermining its fight for the unborn. That is why we are fighting. The Church is under attack. I'll be "civil" to the lost who seek help, to men of good will, the genuinely searching and even those of other faiths who attack the Church because they've been fed untruths and brought up on anti-Catholic propaganda. I won't be "civil" to those who seek to destroy the Church from within!
How's the touchy-feely approach going anyway, your Eminence? Any sign that Pelosi is about to recant? Any sign that Biden has got the message? Any sign that 40 years of detente with the world has opened the eyes of abortionists? Any sign that the "spirit of Vatican II" has touched the hearts of the abotionists, the CINOs and the gay marriage crowd?
When you get a moment free from closing parishes and straightening out clergy abuse cases, give some thought to how our forefathers died and were martyred in defense of the faith.
I am truly tired of the “American” Catholic Church.
Certainly wish he could read your response - it’s right on!
You ain’t no marshmallow when it comes to speaking Truth! ;)
Amen! Amen!
ok you said everything that pains the hearts of Catholics everywhere. God bless, Nora
Your post is an interesting read. It reminds me of something I read just this morning in my Bible study:
Galatians:
Gal 2:11 When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
Gal 2:14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, ......
Sometimes keeping the faith and defending the gospel is a difficult challenge, but God knows, and will ultimately judge, all we do, or don't do, to proclaim him and his word to the world.