Posted on 04/26/2005 9:41:36 PM PDT by DaveTesla
In the print version of my column "MSNBC, NBC, and NPR
scorn man of God," I wrote: "It is important to note
that God Almighty is Master of the Catholic Church, not
Karol Wojtyla [i.e., Pope John Paul II] nor some
banausic news jockey anchored in New York." This
despite the fact that a few homosexual pedophiles
viewed the Church's altar boys as an exclusive self
replenishing dating service for those predisposed to
such barbaric debauchery notwithstanding.
Prior to the selection of Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope
Benedict XVI, the liberal media openly berated the
legacy and character of Pope John Paul II as he lay in
state. By their actions, they denounced the Holy Spirit
of the true God in the selection process of the new
pontiff, expressing what they alone knew to be proper
for the Catholic Church.
A black pope, an African pope or a Hispanic pontiff was
needed. Someone who would realize the need to be
contemporary to the day and times in which "we" live,
they clambered. This writer is personally surprised
they didn't call for a black, lesbian, pro-abortion
woman to lead the church. As long as she wasn't a
Republican, they no doubt would still be dancing in the
streets. But I digress.
To the dismay of these "gods" (small "g") their near
worst nightmare was realized. A Bible-believing
adherent to Catholicism was selected to lead the
Catholic Church. Pope Benedict was dubbed "God's
Rottweiler, the Enforcer and Cardinal No by
the "goddians from the "godhead" of the liberal media.
Gerard Baker put it well when writing: "The Church's
mission is to bear witness to the truth [of God]. The
truth [of God] is not something that needs redefining
each time a pope dies ("Shock! New Pope a Catholic,"
Timesonline.com, April 21, 2005). But to the mordant,
contumacious minded media elites, a sin against
their "humankind" had been committed.
The pouty Katie Couric delivered a homily on the polls
to the handful that still worship her show. She ranted
that 78 percent of American Catholics wanted the Church
to be less conservative ("The Today Show," April 18,
2005). But as the Media Research Center pointed out,
the only poll they were able "to locate with such a
finding was an early April CNN-USA Today-Gallup survey
of Catholics which found 78 percent said the next pope
should "allow Catholics to use birth control."
In other words, Couric purposely distorted the poll
findings to fit her homily. Her congregation will never
know that 59 percent of those responding when asked if
the next pope should "make church doctrine on abortion
less strict" responded "No."
CNN's Paula Zahn focused on how "many Catholic women
[where] praying that the white smoke from the Sistine
Chapel chimney will signal" a "revolution" changing the
church's policy on abortion, birth control and women
priests. She concluded with a plea from a 12-year-old
girl begging for the same opportunities as boys. But
the questions that beg answering – the questions that
none of these hypocritical marplots will answer is: Who
are these women, and are their desires the will of the
True God?
They cannot answer because they do not believe. Their
theology is based upon feel-good sentimentality and
convenience. It is as elite as they are.
There was a time in America when it would have been
unimaginable to behave with such pagan disdain for men
of God, but in today's social climate, it is
permissible. We live in a seemingly parallel universe
where truth and honor are to be resisted at all cost.
The law-abiding are constrained, while the criminals
and lawbreakers are protected and cajoled.
In the past 12 months, we have witnessed the abuse of
young boys by homosexual pedophile predator priests who
were supposedly leading them into a life of service to
the God they claimed to serve. Yet the call goes forth
for homosexuals to be ordained. We have witnessed the
rape and murder of innocent children, while over a
period of years the legal system led by the American
Civil Liberties Union sought to protect the rights of
sexual predators.
"Whatever things are true, whatever things are honest,
whatever things are just, whatever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any
praise, think on these things" (Philippians 4:8) has
been replaced by whatever is dishonest, whatever is
base, whatever is common, whatever reduces man and
woman to the depths of depravity, whatever is without
virtue, think, act on and promote those things.
Pope Benedict has been contemptuously labeled as "ultra
conservative." As if scriptural adherence in a minister
is anathema, America's crown cherub of wholesomeness,
Katie Couric, referred to the new pope as "known to be
quite conservative," contorting her face as if
something foul (apart from her tongue) were in her
mouth. Herein we evidence the avouchment of 2 Timothy
4:3-4.
Here is what Hanoi Jane said to Chris Matthews on 15 April when asked about the death of Pope John Paul II:
MATTHEWS: That‘s great. And I think, when you read the New Testament, that‘s great. And I agree with you.
Thank you. What else can I—were you watching the burial of the pope last week? Did you pay much attention to that?
FONDA: I did.
MATTHEWS: What did it say to you?
(CROSSTALK)
FONDA: It was inescapable.
Well, it said to me that there was much about him that was, from my point of view, wonderful. And there was much about him that caused tremendous suffering for women.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FONDA: I do not agree with his positions on women. And I wish that I could have taken him to Third World countries, so that he could see, as I wish I could President Bush, the effects of the gag rule and the depriving women of the right to determine their reproductive lives and how it is killing them and destroying their health.
MATTHEWS: Yes. So, you think that women should be allowed to have abortions, right, in every part of the world?
(CROSSTALK)
FONDA: I think women should be allowed. I think that women should be allowed to determine whether or not they have a child. Women know the best whether they are capable of raising a child to be a productive citizen.
MATTHEWS: OK.
Well, thank you very much. You‘ve stated your position here clearly.
And you‘ve been fun.
(LAUGHTER)
FONDA: Thank you, Chris.
MATTHEWS: You made people that dislike probably like you a little bit more. I certainly do, and never had that problem.
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Nam Vet
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He conducts pilgrimages to Rome.
I guess in Matthew and Fonda's minds there is no need for God, since women know best about determining life.
Amazing...
Don't you just love the way the MSM attempt to influence every aspect of our lives in a detrimental way. They are so totally screwed up by the brain washing they received in public school and the socialist liberal colleges they attended they can't see the forest for the trees.
Reminds me of the hearing Congress held so very many years ago about the problems of the farming community, LOL, they had actors who had played the part of farmers testify.
".... who loves expensive dinners in fine restaurants accompanied by bottles of expensive wine."
I also love good meals in fine restaurants.
Why should a priest not be able to enjoy this kind of meal?
They give up more than most of us will ever know.
I think is great if a priest is able to enjoy fine cuisine.
Your priest being fine in no way authorizes a pampered life as an advisable advertisement for fruitcakes seeking comfort and leisure in the ranks of the clergy from which hundreds of millions have been dumped into legal fees and settlement costs for sodomite rapes. The point of the prior posts was to eliminate attracting that. There's no reason ANY priest needs a beach house. They should live at the same level and standard of living as there parishioners or students - making do with what someone in a middle-income family of five or seven children. Same as they recommend in their NFP announcements. That would tend to eliminate five-star dining and resort cruises. I don't recall Jesus, St. Francis or Edmund Campion chasing after them.
I should have added a smiley or something. Fr. Corapi is one of the best "preachers" out there, IMHO and I wouldn't begrudge him a pleasant meal.
My priest lives a very humble life, and does wonders with our parish.
Not quite sure where you got the idea that he didn't? (I don't think I conveyed that message.)
Very devout in his faith, and his work. Continues to give of himself to those less fortunate. A model for other priests to follow. I know of what I speak.
Blessings to you...
Great, now we just need to know what "banausic " means.
Any time you see "American Catholics" you have to be very careful because there is that bunch of nutjobs that call themselves that and they put out polls saying "78% of American Catholics" this and that to confuse the issues.
It would be interesting if the church simply had a hands off policy for child molesters -- in other words, the police are called, the priest is suspended, if found guilty he is summarily excommunicated and expelled from the priesthood. No second chances, no sinecures in monasteries. If he wishes to apply to an order after prison and the want to take him in, fine. But why should he be treated different from anybody else?
Would that be "bana-usic" or "banau-sic"?
????? Maybe it's a word I don't need to know.
It stands to reason that a sexual criminal cannot be a Catholic priest. The line of inquiry and suggestion in the relevant circles has been that in the past church policy was misguided and damaged by 1) taking advice from psychobabblers, 2) interpreting the offenses a little too pastorally as mere moral failures or lapses (sins) to be resolved by prayer and reflection (like any other sexual sin for any other penitent), 3) a traditional stereotyped notion of "secrecy" to avoid "scandal" and public controversy, and 4) the infiltration of the church by hostile non-Catholic individuals or organizations connected with deviant sexuality.
What has emerged from further investigations of the matter are the following: Pedophilia and ephebophilia involving aggressive sexual assaults are disorders that cannot be "cured." The church hierarchy failed in allowing the development of a homosexual counter-culture among the clergy which included misguided psychobabble tolerance of sexual misconduct. There is also a need to look at tightening standards for candidates admitted to seminaries and approved for ordination. There, with all the relevant and ideological controversies, it hangs in the balance.
Personally, I have nothing to say about the selection of Pope Benedict XVI until I hear it from Oprah.
Banausic is a much more refined word than "ordinary".
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