Dolan describes Obama’s about-face on contraception mandate

Catholic World Report ^ | March 31, 2012 | Catherine Harmon

[SumProVita]

What it is, Salvation is excellent!!!!!!!!

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Thank you ....and Blessed Palm Sunday to you and yours.

[gghd]

Timothy Cardinal Dolan is an honest man. Typically, honest people look for the best in all people & expect they will be honest too.
Jesus Christ to his 12 disciples, Matthew:10:16, “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves, so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” God understands the hearts of men & how they think. = Maybe, that’s why Jesus Christ gives a warning.
Bishop Robert F. Morneau wrote a small article about Matthew:10-16, in ‘Staying on the Right Path.’ The opening paragraph is: “Jesus was a realist. The world, although “charged with the grandeur of God,” is also an environment scarred by sin and evil. There are wolves that do violence to the sheep; there are individuals and nations that misuse the gift of freedom. For centuries Christian writers spoke of life as a warfare, a battle unto death.”

[Gumdrop]

Thanks for the list of articles and the list of Bishops who have joined their voices agaisnt the HHS mandate.

Human nature being what it is, - we see it all the time - that a strong, concise, charistmatic leader does wonders in growing spines in weaker followers. Thank God for the gifts of Dolan, Lori, Chaput, Carlson, et al. Notice how these leaders have been appointed to the premier dioceses of the US? They are the archbishoprics which usually end up with red hats (i.e., Cardinals).

While some of the posters are lamenting the past, I prefer to look to the future with such good leaders coming forth.

[ELS]

From the interview in the WSJ:

He argues that the mandate also infringes on the religious liberty of nonministerial organizations like the Knights of Columbus and Catholic-oriented businesses such as publishing houses, not to mention individuals, Catholic or not, who conscientiously object.

[RobbyS]

Many bishops are political and so comfortable with government-financed health care. But not if it means government control of all aspects of it. This is a complicated mess, because the state has come to control a large and large share of the national wealth and the national elites —including Catholics—have become more and more statist in their views. These lay elites have grown less comfortable with the idea that they owe as much allegiance to the Church as to the state. Both clericalism and anti-clericalism are both disruptive to the unity of the Church. The former is the result of clerical arrogance, the latter of lay impatience with any reminders of their duties to God and man. The USCCB, I have come to believe, is the result of a clerical rebellion against Rome, an assertion of national feeling of resentment of the papacy’s assertion of authority especially after Vatican I. But it’s turn to politics is, as Dolan suggests, a reflection of its losing control in the American church. Until recently, it was dominated by a few liberal bishops who could count on the many theological and political liberals in academic, in the chanceries, and of course in the Catholic social services. Dolan may be cautious, but he knows he has the support of a growing number of bishops who think much as he does. and who are also opposed to the developments of the past thirty years. Compare him with the likes of McCarrick and Bernardin.

[P.O.E.]

Quite a compendium of links. Great resource - thanks for the ping.

[aces]

That is true of him personally, but I am not so sure about the spirit which controls him..

[aces]

ETernal blessings to you and yours...

[RobbyS]

Looking back, the post Vatican II period brought disaster. Jacques Maritain published a book at the very end of Vatican II called “The Peasant of the Garonne,” in which he accuse the reformers of Genuflecting to the world. He nailed it.

[SuziQ]

You notice that Islamic institutions haven't uttered much of a protest (if any) over this ObamaCare mandate? That's because they have no problem meeting the religious exemption under ObamaCare ... they really are religious.

Well, in the sense that they only serve other Muslims, you may be right. Imagine what the Federal Govt. would do if a Catholic organization decided it would ONLY serve Catholics? How long do you think it would be before it was hauled into Court for practicing discrimination? Have you seen any Muslim organizations treated in that fashion? No, and you won't, because the Govt. is scared of the backlash from the MSM, liberals, and Muslims in general.