Posted on 04/08/2005 7:23:59 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Catholic League president William Donohue remarked as follows:
“The storm is about to hit. For the most part, anti-Catholic bigots and the disaffected dissidents within the Church have been quiet. What they have been waiting for is about to happen: the week between the end of the mourning and the beginning of the conclave is upon us. And that means the Left is ready to explode.
“Consider what we’ve heard already. Amidst the mostly favorable coverage by the media of Pope John Paul II, he has been branded as follows: an authoritarian who seeks to silence dissent; the enemy of homosexuals; a misogynist; a polarizing figure; a man who is out of touch with the modern world; a contributor to death due to AIDS in Africa; responsible for the sexual abuse scandal; and so on.
“And we’ve heard a CBS newsperson blast the pope for ruling the Church with ‘an iron fist’ (this was said between the final four basketball games on Saturday); the Jewish Forward said whatever good he did may be undermined by his ‘battles around the world for sexual repressiveness and against reproductive freedom’; the Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis posted a sign on its property saying, ‘ALL WELCOME, CHRIST IS ALIVE, THE POPE IS DEAD’; the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust commented on ‘the spectacle of grotesquerie and human ruin that has lately filled the balcony above St. Peter’s Square’; Christopher Hitchens said he was ‘part of the coverup and obstruction of justice’ attendant to the homosexual scandal; Sister Helen Prejean, who is soft on abortion, took him to task for not changing his mind soon enough on capital punishment (and in doing so managed to misrepresent his pronouncements on the subject—the pope never said it was an intrinsic evil like abortion); and a website called ‘HillaryNow,’ operated by Robert Kunst, said that when the pope went to Israel, he ordered an ambulance to follow him so that in the event he needed a transfusion, he would not have to access ‘Jewish blood.’
“But this is nothing. Many have been waiting for this moment for more than a quarter century. When they lose again, watch out.”
Let's hope that Donohue can deliver rebuttals to the left in 30 minutes or less. ;-)
If true, this kind of rhetoric needs to be exposed and people need to know what kind of "friends" Hillary has.
I am not Catholic but greatly admired and respected Pope John Paul II for his commitment to the church and his willingness to speak out for what is right. Those "Catholics" who are now seeing this as an opportunity to put the church on the course they choose is disturbing. Maybe they should just join the Universal Unitarians. I'm sure they'd be much happier.
I saw that this morning. It appears that the Moveon type crowd is chomping at the bit to start trashing the pope.
They will attempt to trash anything that they fear, patriotism, adherence to the Constituion, even the love of God.
Attacking a dead man who is loved by billions is a very poor strategy.
I expect nothing less from the Democrats.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379829/posts
This article claims the Pope is responsible for abortion-clinic bombings, which it makes seem are a part of daily life in the reign of terror of the Holy Roman Empire of America.
And also for AIDS, because he doesn't advocate teaching African men to wear condoms when they rape women.
Scroll down toward bottom of page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_oralmajority/message/609
In 2000 when John Paul came to Jerusalem, I led a protest against his policies at the Holocaust Memorial(Yad Vashem) he came to. We had 40 Israelis, and I asked why $millions in Jewish holy books, and Torahs and artifacts stolen in the Holocaust were sitting under the Vatican and not returned to the Jewish people.
John Paul added more insult on his trip by insisting that the ambulance following him there not have the Jewish Star on it, or that those who might give him transfusions, had any Jewish blood.
For now, while asking very pointed questions, has given Catholics the chance to answer those questions. And the answers have been excellent. Thank God that somehow the representatives of the Catholic Church have mostly been men of good faith and allegiance to Rome. They have been given the chance to build a fortress against the coming storm and Praise God, they have taken it. And I am grateful for the fact that sources such as ABC News have sought out faithful representatives.
there are those in every religion that are not happy...to that I can only say they will never be happy, I feel bad for them, we should all pray for them!!! That is what our beloved Holy Father would want us to do.
"or that those who might give him transfusions, had any Jewish blood."
These @-holes can't leave it at merely calling Israeli holocaust survivors "Nazis," they've got to invert the ancient blood libel, too? Sick.
It won't take Mr. Donahue that long!!!
I do believe we are being given a choice: Stand for God and light and life or join those who are out there to destroy. Even if you don't take action, you have stood for death by your inaction.
See the clouds gathering. They are dark, not distant, and lightning is flashing in the heavens. Decide, O Man, where you stand.
>> I asked why $millions in Jewish holy books, and Torahs and artifacts... <<
I think it quite telling that the author values Torahs based on their resale value, don't you?
>> John Paul added more insult on his trip by insisting that the ambulance following him there not have the Jewish Star on it <<
Perhaps here lies the seed of the lie: I could certainly understand the Pope being careful to not have a Jewish star on an ambulance which would follow him deep into Palestinian territory. OTOH, it may well be pure lie.
I agree, but I would add that the reason they fear it has to do with anyone (Pope, Bush, Falwell, etc.) or anything (Bible, Constitution, Church, etc.) that tells them they are wrong on any front.
PRIDE is the first deadly sin listed, and can be connected to almost any sin you can name. "I will put my throne in the heavens....."
That's why disagreement has been labeled "hate".
"John Paul added more insult on his trip by insisting that the ambulance following him there not have the Jewish Star on it, or that those who might give him transfusions, had any Jewish blood."
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They had better be careful or they risk a major backlash, IMO.
This is why I hate the whole structure of the Catholic church. Way too much power that will be dangerous if the left ever got control of it. Luckily it was in good hands with John Paul II.
And I have the distinct feeling Chris Matthews' hushed, reverent (highly practiced) tone will soon disappear. He will load up Hardball with Catholic critics, who lend credence to his own pro-abortion, pro female priests, beliefs.
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