Posted on 11/20/2012 11:31:17 AM PST by jmaroneps37
The election of New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, to lead the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was seen as a very hopeful sign by many who are concerned with the state the Catholic Church in America.
I was one of those hopeful Catholics, but alas I have had my nose rubbed in reality: Cardinal Dolan has proved to be little more than an affable dupe at best ; a dangerously misguided classic liberal at worst.
During the lead up to the presidential election Cardinal Dolan essentially abandoned the effort to bring the truth to the 30 million adherent Catholics who regularly hear Mass.
While one post- election survey found adherent Catholics had voted for Mitt Romney by wide margin Romney’s total did not break 60% and that short fall can be directly placed at the feet of Cardinal Dolan for his failure to stand up for Catholic teachings. In his home diocese of New York City we heard NOT A WORD about the election.
Our parish of nearly 1000 people was supplied with a convoluted poorly written unreadable and barely more than apologetic pamphlet on why Catholics cannot vote for “those who support abortion.” No names were mentioned – of course.
Since the election we have been asked to donate to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) which has a long strong history of connection to ACORN as well as abortion and Gay “marriage” supporting organizations.
Cardinal Dolan did not have the sense of awareness to at least cancel this collection in Staten Island which was devastated by super storm Sandy.
More than this, there was no clear explanation of what CCHD is really about – which provides grounds for cynicism and emotional disengagement from the Church…..
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Dolan’s keeping all the Church schools and hospitals up and keeping us out of Obamacare. We won’t pay the fine, and we’re not going to shut down, and we’re not going to pay for coverage.
There are none so blind that will not see, and none so deaf that will not hear.
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