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NEWS RELEASE: POPE’S BURIAL ENDS THE LULL—STORM COMING ["the Left is ready to explode"]
CatholicLeague.Org ^ | April 8, 2005 | William Donohue

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.”


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To: antceecee
Maybe the true mission of Christ was not to alienate those who do not embrace the truth, but to captivate them with it.

The intention is never to alienate intentionally, yet there are those that will be alienated simply by the nature of the Truth we proclaim. Christ alienated the Pharisees and Sadducees and the early Christians alienated the Romans. We should never fear the consequences of spreading the Truth, for we need not fear those that can harm the body but not the soul.

161 posted on 04/08/2005 8:51:49 PM PDT by MWS (Errare humanum est, in errore perservare stultum.)
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To: Calpernia

both articles from the ledger


162 posted on 04/08/2005 9:14:20 PM PDT by Coleus (God Bless our beloved Pope John Paul II, May he Rest in Peace)
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To: mike182d; franky

I had not heard that ever. Can you give me a source or two? Thanks.


163 posted on 04/08/2005 10:13:21 PM PDT by saradippity
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To: Conservative til I die

Whatever happened to the good Jesuits like Vincent Miceli? I guess they died off.


164 posted on 04/08/2005 11:00:26 PM PDT by Norman Bates (In memoriam: Pope John Paul II †, Theresa Marie Schindler †)
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To: ninenot

http://www.hillarynow.com/

This gay kook Kunst took on Anita Bryant years ago


165 posted on 04/08/2005 11:15:37 PM PDT by dennisw ("Sursum corda")
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To: fight_truth_decay; All
I haven't read all of the replies, so I apologize if someone has posted this:

I was the unwitting recipient of a "poll" the other day...didn't screen my calls well enough! It was a supposed "Catholic" organization polling. The first question was: "Are you Catholic?"

I answered no, but told them that my husband is (he wasn't available).

The person on the phone said "do you ever go to church with him?"...to which I answered "yes."

The pollster said (believe or not) "good enough"; said he had several questions for me, then asked me the following(paraphrased):

Do you support continuing the Pope's conservative legacy? (strongly agree; somewhat agree; etc.).

I answered "strongly agree"....AND HE HUNG UP ON ME!!!!

Guess I ended up going down in the non-Catholic column after all...although he seemed perfectly eager to count me if I answered his question correctly!

166 posted on 04/08/2005 11:17:28 PM PDT by garandgal
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To: Salvation
Good triumphs Evil.



That being said this last week watching the activities surrounding the passing of Our Holy Father has been a wonderful, educational, passionated, heartwarming, eternal hope filled week that I will never forget.

The timing was perfect.

I personally do not feel any pending doom from anti- Catholics.

The article gives attention to people who don't mean anything to me or my faith. These people are only important to a few who choose to accept their views.

Looking at the masses of God loving humans at the Vatican and around the world via the media looked like a bounty of hope in humanity.
167 posted on 04/09/2005 1:14:33 AM PDT by oceanperch (LOOKIE LOOKIE WE UPDATED OUR PROFILE PAGE/LINKS!)
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To: ohioman

My son labels himself as a Conservative Catholic/ Southern Baptist (he spent a few years before returnin to the Catholica Church in his young years it is where he learned to read the Bible, many times over and he loves Mark Lowry)


168 posted on 04/09/2005 1:18:14 AM PDT by oceanperch (LOOKIE LOOKIE WE UPDATED OUR PROFILE PAGE/LINKS!)
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To: Coleus

Yup. the usual suspects...

notice no one mentins that the psychiatrists at Johns Hopkins "cleared" many of the priests? Heck, I'm old enough to remember when Newsweek lauded the fact that California was releasing pedophiles into the community for out patient treatment instead of jailing them...


169 posted on 04/09/2005 4:28:11 AM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: Norman Bates

There are several good Jebbies left on earth.

Frs. Mankowski (Rome), Schall (D.C.), Baker (NYC), and Healy (Mke) come to mind.


170 posted on 04/09/2005 5:36:13 AM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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To: All
Here in Spokane, Washington an anti-Pope, anti-Catholic radio commercial is running on KQNT...heard it Thursday and Friday on commercial break during the Rush Limbaugh show!! The ad is from the Post Falls Presbyterian Church. Research reveals this is a new group that meets in a strip mall with only a few members...definitely not affiliated with the mainstream Presbyterian church. It refers to "the wickedness of the Roman church."

We have telephoned KQNT and emailed them to protest this attack ad. If anyone else has heard this diatribe, please consider doing the same. We find it incredible that the station accepted and continues to air such language.

171 posted on 04/09/2005 9:34:04 AM PDT by trustandhope
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To: pistolpackinannie

I'll agree with you on that. There is no guarantee the Church in America will live in the medium term though.

One thing that troubles the left about the Pope, I think, is that in the catholic (in the universal sense) church, the US isn't that important.


172 posted on 04/09/2005 12:00:10 PM PDT by johnb838 (Santo Subito!)
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To: saradippity

I had never heard of that either. I jus assumed there would be documentation but all I could find out was the following:

St. Peter's death - 22 Feb., 63

Reference: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm

. UNTIL THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST

Bethsaida. St. Peter's true and original name was Simon, sometimes occurring in the form Symeon. (Acts 15:14; II Peter 1:1). He was the son of Jona (Johannes) and was born in Bethsaida (John 1:42, 44), a town on Lake Genesareth, the position of which cannot be established with certainty, although it is usually sought at the northern end of the lake. The Apostle Andrew was his brother, and the Apostle Philip came from the same town.

Capharnaum. Simon settled in Capharnaum, where he was living with his mother-in-law in his own house (Matthew 8:14; Luke 4:38) at the beginning of Christ's public ministry (about A.D. 26-28). Simon was thus married, and, according to Clement of Alexandria (Stromata, III, vi, ed. Dindorf, II, 276), had children. The same writer relates the tradition that Peter's wife suffered martyrdom (ibid., VII, xi ed. cit., III, 306). Concerning these facts, adopted by Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., III, xxxi) from Clement, the ancient Christian literature which has come down to us is silent. Simon pursued in Capharnaum the profitable occupation of fisherman in Lake Genesareth, possessing his own boat (Luke 5:3).


173 posted on 04/09/2005 8:39:29 PM PDT by franky
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To: YaYa123

So far, the post-Vatican liberalization of the Church to attract new followers, how is that working out? I pray for the election of the Nigerian.


174 posted on 04/10/2005 5:26:20 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: YaYa123

almost?


175 posted on 04/10/2005 5:33:47 AM PDT by ontos-on
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To: steve8714

I don't know enough about the papal possibles to know who would be best as the next pope. But just a hunch, I think they will elect an Italian pope, after 25 years without one.

The Sunday morning talk shows should be instructive on how the MSM will handle the conclave and the run up to it. Evidently, (according to FOXNews), Cardinal Law will lead one of the Vatican prayer services this week, and there will be American protestors.


176 posted on 04/10/2005 5:44:14 AM PDT by YaYa123 (@Spare me any more Chris Matthews...PLEASE!.com)
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To: Coleus

Disband the Jesuits.


177 posted on 04/10/2005 9:47:19 AM PDT by Mark in the Old South (Sister Lucia of Fatima pray for us)
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To: oceanperch

That is certainly a unique combination - Southern Baptist/Catholic. But it is always good to remember that we are all Christians. I guess my respect for the Catholic church has stemmed from my years spent in SW Ohio - a predominantly Catholic region of the state. I have learned that these folks are every bit as conservative as us Southern Baptists. We agree on many issues.


178 posted on 04/10/2005 12:17:12 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: fight_truth_decay
That's all very sad. Here in Australia the Pope was lauded for being a great man or peace and forsight who was seen as conservative and yet in many areas of human rights was a champion of freedom and a man of great compassion.

I was extremely and happily surprised at the treatment he was given.

Mel

179 posted on 04/12/2005 4:15:21 AM PDT by melsec (No other Name!)
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