He too seems to see through the smoke and mirrors that the USCCB is throwing up in the wake of this order. They know that the federal funding spigot is about to be closed. He quotes a statement by Michael Sean Winters of the Not-At-All Catholic Reporter: "Call me foolish, but I find it astonishing that a statement signed by an archbishop and a bishop on behalf of other bishops fails to mention God, makes no reference to the Bible, and is so utterly devoid of pastoral sensibility. This is the work of a lawyer, not a bishop."
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe this is the first time that I find myself in agreement with Winters. They are not acting as successors to the Apostles. Another "case in point" many years ago was the so-called "child-protection policies" crafted to ostensibly deal with the clergy sex-abuse scandal. In the one found on the Archdiocese of Washington's site, not one mention of the words "sin" and "repentance" could be found. They act like politicians, lawyers, insurance agents, social workers - anything but Catholic bishops!
Weatherbe also points out the reaction of Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities. Apparently, Father is quite pleased with the executive order as it stands. Now bear in mind that 67% of Catholic Charities' budget is funded by the US government. A reasonable person might assume that Fr. Snyder would be concerned that his funding would be significantly reduced. But he's not! Why could that be? I can think of only two reasons:
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe this is the first time that I find myself in agreement with Winters. They are not acting as successors to the Apostles. Another "case in point" many years ago was the so-called "child-protection policies" crafted to ostensibly deal with the clergy sex-abuse scandal. In the one found on the Archdiocese of Washington's site, not one mention of the words "sin" and "repentance" could be found. They act like politicians, lawyers, insurance agents, social workers - anything but Catholic bishops!
Weatherbe also points out the reaction of Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities. Apparently, Father is quite pleased with the executive order as it stands. Now bear in mind that 67% of Catholic Charities' budget is funded by the US government. A reasonable person might assume that Fr. Snyder would be concerned that his funding would be significantly reduced. But he's not! Why could that be? I can think of only two reasons:
- Father Snyder is hopelessly naive in thinking that federal dollars don't come with strings, OR
- Father Snyder has no intentions of running counter to the "directives" to admit actively gay people into Catholic Charities circles. They pulled out of gay adoptions, but that was largely at the orders of individual bishops. Who can forget the lobbying firm, owned by an openly gay man, that they retained in 2011? I'm also posting a video below in which Sister Jeannine Grammick of New Ways praises Catholic Charities for being gay-friendly; regrettably, she's probably correct.
Guess which of the two I think is most likely the case? Do we think it will be different for Catholic Relief Services or the Catholic Campaign for Human Development? I certainly don't: especially when they're playing "henchman" for the Obama cartel's Central American human trafficking.
Next month the Archdiocese of Washington will have a second collection for the "Catholic Communications and Human Development Campaign". It'll be during the weekend of Aug 9 - 10. This is the third year, I believe, that they combined the CCHD collection with that of the Catholic Communications Campaign so that the name of the CCHD collection could be disguised. As a further step in the deception, the ADW moved the CCHD collection from November to August. The CCHD collection had come under well-deserved scrutiny and probably shrunk as a result. They can't fool us.
I am urging a boycott of the second collection during the weekend of August 9-10 in the Archdiocese of Washington. It is the CCHD collection. Those of you in other dioceses should check to see when your CCHD collection will occur and boycott that. Most are still in November, but some diocese have moved the collection. At any rate, just say #no2cchd. Now the video. It's from last year, but quite relevant today.
Alleged Catholic charities: Compromising with the Devil - YouTube Video