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Bishop battles for orthodoxy in Scranton, Pa.
AP/Google ^ | 3/13/09 | Kathy Matheson

Posted on 03/15/2009 3:56:55 PM PDT by pissant

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — The bishop's threat was almost incomprehensible. In this heavily Roman Catholic city, where tens of thousands of people pack downtown for the annual St. Patrick's parade, Mass would be canceled that day if organizers honored an abortion-rights supporter.

The warning — seen by some as a reference to Vice President Joe Biden, a native son — was the latest in a series of tough stands by Bishop Joseph Martino, who is establishing himself as one of the nation's most outspoken defenders of Catholic orthodoxy.

Supporters say he is simply enforcing church teachings to counter "cafeteria Catholics," who pick and choose which beliefs to embrace. His critics call him a reclusive prelate who issues edicts from on high, rarely interacting with his flock.

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Bishop Joseph Martino prays at the St. Peter's Cathedral, Oct. 1, 2003 in Scranton, Pa. The Roman Catholic cathedral is the potential site of a showdown over the annual St. Patrick's parade in this economically struggling former coal town: Martino said he'd cancel the traditional pre-parade Mass on Saturday March 14, 2009 if organizers honored an abortion-rights supporter -- a warning seen by some to refer to native son Vice President Joe Biden.

1 posted on 03/15/2009 3:56:55 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Salvation

Sounds like my kind of Bishop


2 posted on 03/15/2009 3:57:21 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

I wonder what Dwight Schrute thinks of this?


3 posted on 03/15/2009 3:58:58 PM PDT by balch3
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To: balch3

Who?


4 posted on 03/15/2009 3:59:46 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Give ‘em heck, Bishop!


5 posted on 03/15/2009 4:00:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)
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To: pissant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schrute

The relevance of this is utterly beyond me.


6 posted on 03/15/2009 4:01:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)
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To: pissant

Good man. The church needs more bishops like this man. These abortion/Obama loving CINOs make me sick.


7 posted on 03/15/2009 4:01:30 PM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: pissant; Salvation; narses; NYer; A.A. Cunningham
well it's taken 36 years but it looks like my Church has finally gotten a spine implant...now lets start PUBLICLY excommunicating the likes of Biden,Pelousy,Kennedy & Kerry...just to name a few!
8 posted on 03/15/2009 4:02:31 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Tax-chick

I’ve haven’t watch any sitcom for several years.


9 posted on 03/15/2009 4:02:33 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Good for him.

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.

It has been this “let’s just all get along” BS that the left has used to get us to this point.


10 posted on 03/15/2009 4:02:59 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (The Stimulus Package: Preamble to the Democrat's new Declaration of In Dependence)
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To: pissant
Me, either ... not since "M*A*S*H" went off the air, iirc. I only read about them on FR ;-), but in this case, I just googled. Here's a picture of Dwight Schultz, just because I feel like it:


11 posted on 03/15/2009 4:04:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)
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To: Tax-chick

Hey, it’s Lt. Reginald “Reg” Barclay!


12 posted on 03/15/2009 4:08:20 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid (Grab your gun and bring in the cat.)
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To: theKid51

thumbs up ping


13 posted on 03/15/2009 4:10:39 PM PDT by bmwcyle (American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)
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To: Tax-chick

the show takes place in Scranton.


14 posted on 03/15/2009 4:15:24 PM PDT by balch3
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To: pissant

My goodness, a Bishop who will actually stand up for Catholic teaching. How do we get a Bishop like that? I don’t blame him for refusing MSM interviews. They’ll just use the occasion to print what they want anyway. As for the teacher’s union guy, he’s par for the course.


15 posted on 03/15/2009 4:18:05 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: Frantzie

Bishop Martino is my bishop. As an outsider, he was brought in to clean up the mess, so to speak. All those CINO’s, which riddle my parish as well as most parishes in this diocese, are fuming over how he is handling things. Personally, I say if it annoys them, he’s doing the right thing. They have their own belief system, something Bishop Martino won’t allow. Good for him!


16 posted on 03/15/2009 4:23:15 PM PDT by dbreidenbach
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To: VermiciousKnid

Yes, it is. “Howlin’ Mad” Murdoch and Robert Oppenheimer, too.


17 posted on 03/15/2009 4:30:39 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)
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To: pissant
Michael Milz, president of the local teachers' union for parochial schools, accuses Martino of ignoring Catholic social teaching on workers' rights. The bishop has refused to recognize the union.

A parochial schools teachers union? What is that all about? Good for the bishop in refusing to recognize them!

18 posted on 03/15/2009 4:39:15 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: dbreidenbach

It must have been bad. I’m happy you’ve now got a Bishop who adheres to Catholic teaching. God bless him.


19 posted on 03/15/2009 4:40:37 PM PDT by chase19
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To: dbreidenbach

Bishop Martino is a good man. The church needs more like him. They also need to boot out the leftist bishops and priests trying to undermine the church.

I hope he keeps irritating the CINOs.


20 posted on 03/15/2009 4:46:40 PM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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