What a Kerry presidency would mean for Catholics

Catholic World News ^ | Apr. 08 | Phil Lawler

[lsucat]

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[kidd]

I hope he tries this stunt.

It will keep practicing Catholics from voting for him. And maybe it'll open the eyes of pro-union labor type Catholics (like my parents) that they've been abandoned by the democrats.

[Straight Vermonter]

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[johnb838]

No way would Kerry actively seek out such a confrontation. He will continue to straddle the fence as long as possible. It would be nice if someone would confront HIM.

[jackd]

I know that I am not the sharpest "tack in box" but, I have been wracking my brain trying to come up with something about John Kerry that I just could not put my finger on. His actions kept reminding me of something/someone deep in the inner recesses of my brain. His speech, thought processes and mechanical functions, et. al.
Now, just reading Ann Coulter's latest editorial it hit me! Kerry talks to HARVEY (the pooka.) Watch him he is the essence of Jimmy Stewart's character, Elwood P. Doud!
If anyone agrees with this, has noticed the same things please send me a reply to my site.

[A.A. Cunningham]

That's why he and his camp chose the CINO Paulist Center to attend on Easter.

[lsucat]

It would be nice if someone would confront HIM.

I don't know how it would all play out, but I would LOVE it if that happened. I want to see someone stand up and do what's right. It's bad enough to have the CINO Mary Landrieu as my senator...to have Kerry as president would make me absolutely sick.

[PsyOp]

Giving Aid & Comfort.

[BizzeeMom]

We live in the Archdiocese of St. Louis--Archbishop Burke. I love it that he has the backbone to defend the faith, but worry that Kerry will come here to challenge him on it. Not that I would mind seeing him face to face with our Archbishop-- but knowing he's basically a coward, I think he will instead go to a parish within the Archdiocese that has a sympathetic pastor and take Communion there. Acting like a child, "nyah nyah, you can't stop me."

[lugsoul]

Don't hold your breath. This "stunt" is the invention of the Spectator, not the JF'inK camp. It is kind of like "Hillary will annoint herself at the convention" crap. You never, ever hear a Dem talking about it - it is always the Dick Morrises of the world.

[conservativehistorian]

If Kerry (God forbid) is elected president, no bishop would ever dare to deny a "Catholic" president communion. Just imagine the damage to the faith, and yes to the obedience, by faithful Catholics who would be scandalized on a regular basis whenever the "Catholic" Kerry would pose for a photo-op at a Catholic mass. If the bishops think that their hold on the laity is weak and vulnerable at present, just wait until Kerry is president.

[kidd]

Well, you're right.

The Kerry strategy from here on out is to be as non-confrontational as possible.

However, the fraudcast newstoadies will be as confrontational as possible - and lying if they think they can get away with it.

Nevertheless, the main point of the article is a real concern. A Kerry Presidency would be a disaster for American Catholics.

[Unam Sanctam]

Unfortunately most Catholics, around here at least, don't really care what their faith teaches and reliably vote Democratic year in and year out.

[Seniram US]

There SS an earlier thread on Easter Sunday with an e-mail address for the Boston Archdiocese with a suggestion to send them messages, but I don't know if many did send e-mails to Archbishop O'Malley, but I hope they flow in from the masses (no pun intended on the Mass).

On Good Friday, I called the Paulist Center and it was not a pleasant conversation. The director was extremely arrogant and acted as if he was taking a political poll. His e-mail address is listed on the Paulist Center Webpage.

[OpusatFR]

Could be his strategy to give his base a boost. But, Kerry was the first one to trade on his Catholicism. The media took it from there.

If the Bishops and Cardinals in the US are smart, they will stick to the Canons of the Church against the popular culture and this politician who is gamely using the Church as a credential.

If they refuse to heed what the Church teaches, and they themselves are the teachers of the Church, then they will be enthralled to not only Kerry, but every single politician and the strictures, and structure of the Catholic Church in America could be undermined. They had better remember that while Caesar has the coin, they answer to Another ultimately. That "Other" is very real.

Of course, that could be the game.

[OrioleFan]

According to the American Spectator, Kerry's campaign staff is considering a plan to set up a situation in which the Senator would be denied Communion-- with plenty of reporters and cameras on hand to record the event. Evidently, some Kerry strategists feel that the incident would increase their man's popularity-- at the expense of the Catholic Church.

This would be interesting at the Church I go to, because they don't allow "kodak moments" during the actual service (including baptism and first communion). Our Priests stance, correctly, is that photography (including without a flash) is a distraction.

[Capt. Tom]

And maybe it'll open the eyes of pro-union labor type Catholics (like my parents) that they've been abandoned by the democrats.

The democrat party was systematically taken over by the socialists. The big push came in the mid 60s, and continues to this day, where they have taken over almost completely.

But old ideas are hard to kill and a lot of democrats still think the party is democratic, when it is in fact a socialist party.

That's why a democrat like Zell Miler sticks out like a sore thumb. He's a democrat dinosaur still kicking around in the socialist (dem) party.

[Defender2]

kerry will throw out the Ten Commandments and rewrite the Bible.

[Defender2]

This past Easter Sunday, kerry(not capitolised on purpose),
even though he fully supports abortion on demand, attended Easter Church Mass Services, recieving an okay to recieve communion from the Boston Archdiocese. I guess the Boston Archdiocese did not here what the Pope said on such matters several weeks ago. Shame on the Boston Archdiocese.