OPINION: Jon O’Brien and the Lies of ‘Catholics for Choice’

Catholic Online ^ | 9/17/08 | Deacon Keith Fournier

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At the beginning of 2008, Francis Kissling retired. She was the heretical dissident and foundress of a group formerly known as “Catholics for Free Choice” and now known as “Catholics for Choice”. It would have been welcome news but for the fact that she replaced herself with an equally notorious dissident named Jon O’Brien. O’Brien came to the organization from his position with the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s European Bureau in London. Archbishop Charles Chaput once rightly said of this nefarious organization that it is “a tool to use against the Catholic Church, nothing more”. He was correct. Kissling retired after devoting 25 years to opposing the Catholic Church while leading an organization that has the audacity to actually use the name “Catholic” in its title. It has been openly and repeatedly renounced by that Church.

Having proven that he is an avid supporter of abortion on demand, O’Brien was also an admirer of the regime of Francis Kissling. He called her “a prophetic voice,” in an article he wrote entitled “How Catholics for a Free Choice Saved Civilization.” Now in an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled “Pelosi views on abortion in synch with most Catholics” O’Brien tries to establish himself and his organization as a new teaching office of sorts. He wrote, “The U.S. bishops are erroneous in not reflecting the fullness of Catholic teaching on abortion nor what the majority of Catholics nationwide believe.” He compounded his absolute lack of integrity with this claim, “It is telling that the conference of bishops chooses to omit mention that no pope has proclaimed the prohibition of abortion an "infallible" teaching.”

Mr. O’Brien let me give you only one of many instances where the infallible nature of the prohibition is affirmed:

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Our Bishops have taken a courageous stand this election cycle.'Catholics for Choice' is engaged in a campaign of lies and disinformation.

[Ann Archy]

PRAYERS for our good Bishops.

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"The problem is that many Catholics do not understand the fact that we must educate our consciences in order to ensure that they conform to the truth, revealed in the Natural Law and expounded upon in Revelation. People like Jon O’Brien continue to spread the confusion in order to promote their own agenda."

At last...the direct accusation that this "confusion" among certain "Catholics" is deliberate. It is not a matter of misunderstanding, misapprehension, or poor teaching of Catholic doctrine.

And this is exactly what Nancy Pelosi attempted to do..."spread the confusion in order to promote their (her) own agenda."

It is nothing more than a callous attempt to promote an agenda that is not Catholic, but political.

[A.A. Cunningham]

an agenda that is not Catholic, but political.

Correction: an agenda that is not Catholic, but satanic.

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“It is telling that the conference of bishops chooses to omit mention that no pope has proclaimed the prohibition of abortion an "infallible" teaching.”

The Pope doesn't need to proclaim the prohibition of abortion as an "infallible teaching". God already handled that when he included "Thou shalt not do murder" in the 10 Commandments.