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So, the Catholic school made the invitation, and the Diocese had to inform the school what church policy was.
1 posted on 05/02/2007 10:21:23 AM PDT by SmithL
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Good for the bishop.

This is the same bishop who resigned last week from the board of an organization affiliated with a St. Louis hospital over their insistence on inviting Sheryl Crow to provide entertainment at a fund-raiser.

2 posted on 05/02/2007 10:24:54 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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Thank God for ArchBishop Burke


3 posted on 05/02/2007 10:25:51 AM PDT by Nihil Obstat (Kyrie Eleison)
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Marsh said the senator, a Catholic, understands that her positions supporting abortion rights and stem cell research are different from those held by the church.

Marsh hasn't been paying attention. The official doctrine of the Vatican is that politicians excommunicate themselves when the vote pro-choice. Senator Mccaskill is about as "Catholic" as Osama bin Laden.

BTW, I am shocked that the SF Chronic managed to write this article without the words "censorship" or "blacklist." I am not, however, shocked to see that they failed to capitalize the word "Church."

4 posted on 05/02/2007 10:29:19 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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In the past we’ve heard stories of Catholic schools refusing to admit or expelling the child of a woman in a lesbian relationship, why shouldn’t the High School have expelled McCaskill’s daughter for her position on abortion?


5 posted on 05/02/2007 10:33:05 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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An invitation to Sen. Claire McCaskill to speak at her daughter's graduation from a Roman Catholic high school was withdrawn because of her positions on abortion and stem cell research.

Has anyone ever noticed that when the idiots in the MSM talk about EMBRYONIC stem cell research they always forget to include the EMBRYONIC. Pretty important omission if you ask me!

6 posted on 05/02/2007 10:33:26 AM PDT by 50mm (algore uses 20 times as much energy as me)
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Good. Glad to see a Liberal get the same treatment as Conservatives get from academia.


9 posted on 05/02/2007 10:38:10 AM PDT by The South Texan (The Drive By Media is America's worst enemy and American people don't know it.)
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Big smile on this persons face.


10 posted on 05/02/2007 10:39:09 AM PDT by Digger (If RINO is your selection, then failure is your election)
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I'm proud of my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ.

Now if they would only take the appropriate action with respect to Kennedy, Kerry and other apostates.

11 posted on 05/02/2007 10:39:10 AM PDT by Zakeet (Be thankful we don't get all the government we pay for)
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Definition

Cafeteria Catholic: One who, although professing to be a real Catholic, picks and chooses among the core Catholic beliefs much as one who would choose different food items while in a self-serve cafeteria. These Cafeterians typically attend mass two days each year - Easter and Christmas - and don't know their pastor's name. Cafeterians include those who profess any or all of the following beliefs: Pro-abortion, Pro-homosexual marriage, Pro-cohabitation, Pro-premarital sex.

If I'm not mistaken, we have quite a few politicians who fit this definition - some on the Republican side.

14 posted on 05/02/2007 10:44:40 AM PDT by 50mm (algore uses 20 times as much energy as me)
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While St. Joseph's is a private, rather than an archdiocesan school, it receives its right to be identified as a Catholic institution through the archdiocese, Zahner said, adding that rescinding the invitation "was a very hard decision."

Cheer up, Sister! You did the right thing.

15 posted on 05/02/2007 10:44:41 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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Here is the lie of the day: “Students at St. Joseph’s Academy... wanted to have McCaskill speak at their commencement this month,” McCaskill spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh said Tuesday.

Graduates want their diplomas and they want to celebrate with their friends and family. They don’t want to hear a bunch of hot air from the politicians.


16 posted on 05/02/2007 10:50:26 AM PDT by proudpapa (Forget Rudy McRomney it's Duncan Hunter in '08!)
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"... adding that rescinding the invitation "was a very hard decision."

Every Catholic instution in the US should have a list of active politicians that are holding these apostate positions and not allow them to fellowship until they repent. Then there wouldn't be any "hard" decision to make!

17 posted on 05/02/2007 11:00:33 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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So let me get this right: An ALL GIRLS school that purports to be a CATHOLIC school was going to have a woman speak to the GIRLS about how they can kill their babies. Yeah, clear thinking here. Nothing confusing here. Move along.


18 posted on 05/02/2007 11:24:11 AM PDT by hardworking (Being a rapist is one thing, but cheating at golf? Are you sure you want Bubba in the W.H.?)
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Stupid policy. McCarthism at best. She wasnt being asked to talk on abortion or stem cell research. Since when does one’s belief in one area make them unqualified to speak on any. It’s the same as a scientist not being allowed to speak on a topic because he believes in God.


19 posted on 05/02/2007 11:26:08 AM PDT by Dave S
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Someone, ANYONE, please explain how a "Catholic" can justify her abortion and embryonic stem cell stance??

I am shocked that she doesn't spontaneously combust.

While you are at it, please tell me how this part-time Catholicism works. I understand that to some on the left they like to fake religion. Glad her daughter's school told her to take a flying leap....
24 posted on 05/02/2007 11:49:54 AM PDT by submarinerswife
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BOOYAH!


26 posted on 05/02/2007 11:57:53 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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The president of St. Joseph's, Sister Michaela Zahner, said she reluctantly made the decision . . .

Anybody who wonders what's wrong with the American Catholic Church can see it right here. The policy against pro-abortion speakers on Catholic property makes perfect sense and is well known. Certainly it was known to the "sister" who decided to ignore it so she could bask in the reflected glory of a feminazi Democrat she no doubt voted for. So who's the bad guy here? Why, Archbishop Burke, one of the few bishops in this country with enough . . . common sense . . . to stand up to the Culture of Death crowd, both outside and inside his own church.

29 posted on 05/02/2007 12:31:28 PM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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An invitation to Sen. Claire McCaskill to speak at her daughter's graduation from a Roman Catholic high school was withdrawn because of her positions on abortion and stem cell research.

3 Cheers for Churchmen with conviction!!

In a day and age when church leaders are bowing to political correctness and the Lie of Socialism (e.g. the United Methodists), it is very nice to see men and women in positions of leadership standing up for what is right.

I'm not a Catholic, and I appreciate deeply that church's respect for human life. I don't necessarily agree with Rome on the death penalty or nuclear weaponry used as weapons--but I do respect them.

Catholic leadership is a lot more palatable than the sickening liberalism that has encroached into much of Protestantism.

35 posted on 05/02/2007 1:28:29 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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One, good for the Church for insuring that Catholic institutions take Catholic positions.

Two, the Bishop needs to call the Nuns that run that school into a meeting and demand why they invited McCaskill in the first place. He needs to make sure that they're clear on their mission. If they're not clear, they need to be assigned elsewhere.
45 posted on 05/02/2007 2:52:46 PM PDT by DesScorp
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That is what it sounds like. It could be that the Sister was just using the Bishop as cover since he’s already caused a stir over Cheryl Crow. I have to admit, I’m enjoying this.


46 posted on 05/02/2007 2:56:06 PM PDT by soccermom
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