I just thank God we didn't have to go through anything like that at our college graduation.
When the baby started crying in the audience as Obama went into his moral relativism spin on abortion it was very eerie. A chill went up my spine.
Posted on 05/17/2009 2:26:17 PM PDT by NYer
Tresspass and protest without permit.
Arresting a long time, good, faithful Priest for coming to ND airing support of the Church’s position on abortion in protest of Obama.
Typical cafeteria approach to picking and choosing words without the context in which they were said. It seems Fr. Jenkins tuned out when Pope Benedict went to the heart of the matter in his address to educators.
In regard to faculty members at Catholic colleges universities, I wish to reaffirm the great value of academic freedom. In virtue of this freedom you are called to search for the truth wherever careful analysis of evidence leads you. Yet it is also the case that any appeal to the principle of academic freedom in order to justify positions that contradict the faith and the teaching of the Church would obstruct or even betray the university's identity and mission; a mission at the heart of the Church’s munus docendi and not somehow autonomous or independent of it.
Teachers and administrators, whether in universities or schools, have the duty and privilege to ensure that students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine and practice. This requires that public witness to the way of Christ, as found in the Gospel and upheld by the Church's Magisterium, shapes all aspects of an institution’s life, both inside and outside the classroom. Divergence from this vision weakens Catholic identity and, far from advancing freedom, inevitably leads to confusion, whether moral, intellectual or spiritual.
You can read the entire address at the following link.
MEETING WITH CATHOLIC EDUCATORS - ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
I just thank God we didn't have to go through anything like that at our college graduation.
When the baby started crying in the audience as Obama went into his moral relativism spin on abortion it was very eerie. A chill went up my spine.
Jeff, excellent argument refuting Jenkin’s morally relativistic position.
May I shamelessly borrow some of these ideas?
Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. ...Matthew 10:34-35
By sword Jesus means division...and that's exactly what we are witnessing within the Catholic Church and in the nation.
I just feel like crying.
More than that! A man who would foster this garbage has lost his faith. Pray for him.
I’d like to introduce the man who spent 20 years listening to Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s vile venom...
He’s a great Christian.
Cheers all around.
Oh yeah, and there is that hope that lightning strikes, do I have to be at the same place as you on Saturday?
You're right.Good point.
Speed typing after an awful event isn't always the best method for covering all of the ethical bases. Yes, even if it did work, it would still be gravely evil and immoral as homicide. I found it surprising that Obama was so brazen to go there in that speech. It shows either how invincibly ignorant and stupid he is or how much evil has a grip on him. Take your pick.
How about President Obama’s refusal to allow government funds to be used for non-sectarian purposes by religious schools?
How about President Obama’s opposition to tuition vouchers, because they might be used by Catholic schools?
How about President Obama allowing support for abortion to be used to redline Catholics out of the medical profession?
How about President Obama refusing to allow Christian denominations to join the free exchange of ideas in the public space?
>God and the Holy Ghost showed up.<
Whoa hoss, I know you mean well but be careful with what you’re saying—you’re treading on thin theological ice.
**In my four years as President of your University**
In my last year as President of your University — there fixed it! LOl!
**Rev. John Jenkins is a disgrace.**
And I believe he will lose his job because of his disobedience to the Pope and to the Bishops.
Wonderful!
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