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Catholic Cardinal: Obamacare Regulation ‘Violates God’s Law’
Cybercast News Service ^ | May 14, 2014 - 11:43 AM | Lauretta Brown

Posted on 05/14/2014 9:59:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston and chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said on Tuesday that the regulation issued by the Obama Administration under the Affordable Care Act that requires health insurance plans to cover contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs “violates God’s law.” […]

The cardinal also said that whether Americans should obey this “unjust” mandate and whether Catholic members of Congress could vote for a bill that funded its implementation were “complicated issues.”

On June 14, 2012, the Catholic bishops of the United States unanimously approved a statement declaring the contraception-sterilization-abortifacient regulation an “unjust and illegal mandate” and a “violation of personal civil rights.” …

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KEYWORDS: catholic; mandate; obamacare; seanomalley
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To: Olog-hai

Cardinal O’Malley violates God’s law by insisting that pro-abortion politicians must be given Communion.

Until he repents of this mortal sin, he is unfit to be making public pronouncements on anything Catholic.


21 posted on 05/14/2014 12:24:50 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Mrs. Don-o

There’s a story circulating for, probably the last 1000 years or so. A father and son are at the consecration of a bishop. During a long silence, the boy asks: “What are they doing now?” The father says: “This is the part where they remove the spine.”


22 posted on 05/14/2014 12:27:11 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Mrs. Don-o

It was the strategy of Cardinal Bernardin to get Catholic Charities, etc., hooked on government money.

Bernardin was a pro-abortion Alinskyite, a homosexual, and a Satanist. He hated the Catholic Church.


23 posted on 05/14/2014 12:29:45 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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