Kerry Ignores Reproaches of Some Bishops

NYT via Drudge ^ | 04.11.04

[Unam Sanctam]

the Paulist Center here, a kind of New Age church that describes itself as "a worship community of Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition" and that attracts people drawn to its dedication to "family religious education and social justice."

LOL! I'm amazed that even the New York Times recognizes that this is a "New Age" church and not a Catholic church.

[cpforlife.org]

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Two great phrases that are hopefully becoming common are "NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUE" and "disqualifying issue"

From A Brief Catechism for Catholic Voters :
"A disqualifying issue is one which is of such gravity and importance that it allows for no political maneuvering. It is an issue that strikes at the heart of the human person and is non-negotiable. A disqualifying issue is one of such enormity that by itself renders a candidate for office unacceptable regardless of his position on other matters."

The FIVE NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUES are:
1. Abortion
2. Euthanasia
3. Fetal Stem Cell Research
4. Human Cloning
5. Homosexual "Marriage"

the apostate john kerry disqualifies himself on each of the 5.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Seniram US]

Thank you for the link to the Archdiocese. I just sent them a letter. I ought to post it here so maybe others will also send their thought to the Archbishop.

Someone has to wake them up to the travesty. Kerry is all my family is talking about. Why do they have to abide by church law when he doesn't?

[Sgt_Schultze]

The doctrine of transubstantiation exists in the Catholic Church. For sure the faithful hold that the eucharist becomes the flesh of Jesus and wine becomes his blood. Martin Luther rejected that notion, suggesting that the wine and the eucharist merely represent the body and blood of Jesus.

As Kerry took communion in a place other than a Catholic Church, the representation of the eucharist wasn't the same by the offerer. Does one's faith alone cause transubstantiation, or is it effected by the priest? If it is the latter, then a case could be made that Kerry really never received Catholic communion, and his soul is in no danger.

[Arthur McGowan]

How dare you slander sewers everywhere?

[Arthur McGowan]

The Eucharist is effected by the words of the priest. It is an objective reality, independent of the state of mind of anyone present.

[IrishRainy]

I e-mailed this Fr. Ardis, giving him a piece of my mind, etc., but he evidently ignored my rant, according to AOL. I should have known, he's a Boston priest -- they're a different breed, I guess.

[visualops]

This is the directive from the Vatican regarding politics and Catholicism.
"This Note is directed to the Bishops of the Catholic Church and, in a particular way, to Catholic politicians and all lay members of the faithful called to participate in the political life of democratic societies."
DOCTRINAL NOTE
on some questions regarding
The Participation of Catholics in Political Life
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021124_politica_en.html

[Jim Noble]

Kerry is being obedient to his bishop, who says it's OK for him to receive communion.

Your argument is with the majority of American bishops who say it's OK to be pro-abortion, or who are silent.

[Jim Noble]

The Archdiocese of Boston is the moral equivalent of a sewer.

There are two American bishops who have said they would refuse Kerry communion.

There are more than two who have said they would not, including Kerry's own bishop. Most are silent. When Kerry is President, that will not be an option.

It's not just Boston.

[Jim Noble]

Kerry is all my family is talking about. Why do they have to abide by church law when he doesn't?

Confessors can be pretty tough on scared little girls who have abortions.

What about those who make it possible?

[7thson]

How did your mom answer your questions?

[xsmommy]

a kind of New Age church that describes itself as "a worship community of Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition" and that attracts people drawn to its dedication to "family religious education and social justice."

also known as RC-lite....

[Aquinasfan]

Senator John Kerry received communion at Easter services today at the Paulist Center here, a kind of New Age church that describes itself as "a worship community of Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition"...

He and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, are regular worshipers at the Paulist Center, which is near their home on Beacon Hill.

The picture is becoming clearer.

Archbishop O'Malley should drive the Paulists out of his diocese like St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

[xsmommy]

Confessors can be pretty tough on scared little girls who have abortions

Project Rachel is a Catholic program for women who have had abortions. maybe in the olden days confessors would be tough. the Catholic church has very few TOUGH anything anymore. everything is touchy feely now. Our pastor IS one of the tough guys (he spent much of yesterday's sermon commenting on how full the church was of those that show up only on Easter and Christmas) and he is disliked for precisely that reason. People do not want to hear about RIGHT and WRONG, Good and Evil. and the Catholic Church does very little of calling a spade a spade. witness the atrocity of letting Kerry receive communion.

[LadyDoc]

the Paulist Center here, a kind of New Age church that describes itself as "a worship community of Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition"

when even the NYTimes calls your church a "new age church", you know they aren't Christian...

[Aquinasfan]

The Archdiocese of Boston is the moral equivalent of a sewer.

Believe it or not, it's not all bad. The Paulists are the worst. They're a group that hasn't left the '60s. They're holed up in a bookstore/church in downtown Boston. I don't know a lot of what goes on at the archdiocesan level, but I know some good people associated with the archdiocese from the pro-life movement. From some friends who were rejected from a couple of seminaries here, it appears that the seminaries are heterodox and have been infiltrated by homosexuals, to a significant degree.

At the lay level, every parish seems to have a good sized group of solid parishioners. As you move toward the Easter/Christmas crowd, orthodoxy diminishes. I suspect that more than half of the parishioners support abortion and homosexual "marriage."

Then you have the city enclaves of greater fidelity to the Church's teachings, like the Irish in Dorchester, the Portugeuse in Fall River and the Italians in the South End, but these neighborhoods appear to be gentrifying.

[livius]

Glad you wrote to them.

I think the bishops are probably standing around wringing their hands and twittering right now. They know, deep down inside, that they can't let him publicly flaunt church teaching (and virtually boast about it afterwards). But they're scared.

Some of them may also be like your mother, such devoted Dems that their "faith" in the party trumps their religious faith, but I think a lot of them are scared, and writing to them might help give them a collective backbone.

[Aquinasfan]

I have two children. Ages 10 and 6. Both adopted. They are my heart and soul. I cannot imagine my life without these two gifts from God.

Bless you.

And I thank God, many times every day, that their biological mothers did not choose to commit the most horrific act I can think of.

It boggles the mind. And then to think that half of the "Catholics" in this country will vote for a guy who won't lift a finger to prevent little children from being dismembered in their mothers' wombs.