Close them down then. If this nation supports the slaughter of the unborn, then it can suffer without the hospitals. Catholics better hold their ground.
Yes, the bishops very much had better hold this line. They will be treatened with loss of tax-exempt status and hope they say, “No problem”. They may be forced to openly ex-communicate certain politician and I hope they don’t mince words about it. Let’s make the political reality as ugly as possible. It can never be anywhere near as ugly as the reality of the work of the abortionists.
**Catholics better hold their ground.**
Catholics and many others will be persecuted. May the Lord Almighty have mercy on us!
What Catholics, Less than 30% of professed Catholics go to Mass every week. From what I can see very few families, Catholic or otherwise, have more than two children.
I can not think of the last time a real homily about actual consequences of sin was delivered by any priest. All of the talk in Church is about how God is Love. No talk about responsibilities or consequences. No Hell and Damnation. all touchy fealy and nobody in the pews.
I don't see how they could do anything else. It will be a cold day in hell before abortions are performed in a Catholic Hospital.
Ditto.
I wonder if the bishops might be a little sheepish on their efforts over the last thirty years or so. They have, indeed, opposed abortion. My contention has always been that they have done so, wink, wink.
This is admittedly anecdotal, but most (not all) of the priests I have ever known were liberal Democrats. Countless sermons have reflected this. Archdiocese solicitation drives have funded a good many organizations that, by extension, suggested a death wish on the part of the Catholic Church. IMHO, American bishops' pronouncements over the years have been, and continue to be, anathema to the continuation of the "institution" of the United States and, by extension, the Catholic Church. I'm shocked, shocked to discover that the majority of Catholics are proabortion.
Are there qualms of late on the part of the bishops? Every one of them has been around long enough to watch it all unfold and participate.
2009 will prove darned interesting. I would like to see Congress take a run at the FOCA. This is but one area that I would like to see what kind of country we really have as I approach the twilight of my life.