Posted on 05/28/2012 4:32:44 AM PDT by tobyhill
The archbishop of Washington on Sunday accused the network news programs of having "missed the boat" by largely ignoring lawsuits filed this past week by Catholic institutions challenging the Obama administration's so-called contraception mandate.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, speaking on "Fox News Sunday," was responding to an analysis by the conservative Media Research Center of how the networks' evening newscasts treated coverage of the dozen federal lawsuits filed Monday. According to the center, CBS spent 19 seconds on the story after it broke, while the other networks gave it no coverage.
"It is puzzling, particularly since they're focusing so much attention right now on the pope's butler," Wuerl said, in reference the scandal in which the pope's butler Paolo Gabriele was charged with stealing sensitive documents and is suspected of leaking them.
"It seems to me that somehow they've missed the boat. They've missed the story," Wuerl said.
The story, the archbishop said, is "religious liberty."
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Hope and Change fits promises never meant to be kept. Foward is not getting any play as a slogan.
Catholic Hierarchy have been in bed with the liberals and creeping socialism for decades
Now that the left wing is making its final push they discover that all is not well
Do you think Hitler had it as good as hussein does?
Don’t know, just asking. hussein has been in elected office for 10 years or so. NOT ONE SCANDAL has been looked at by the DNCMEDIA. They have covered for him since he was created.
It’s not a coincidence that everyone protects him.
Mark
Wuerl is like a stopped clock.
SeeBS/NBC/ABC/PBS/NPR/WaPo/LAT/NYT/Newsweak/Time/Etc. are fully-owned subsidiaries of the Ubama administration.
Which is outstanding — Congratulations, Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
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the bishops don’t understand America.
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Far too general a statement. There ARE good bishops who have sound spiritual and orthodox foundations...based on truth.
And their number is growing. ;-)
Keep praying for the Church...and for our nation.
of course there are. and there are bishops (and religious) that fit this description that do not understand America.
Let's invent a new color. Call it "CBS Red".
Or "CBS blew".
Let's invent a new color. Call it "CBS Red".
Or "CBS blew".
I couldn't figure out their motive for giving a megaphone to that guy (probably a Democrat operative who is a cafeteria Catholic)--are the pople running Fox afraid of Obama or just wanting to signal that they don't agree with the bishops?
Great post, I appreciate it.
“It seems to me that somehow they’ve missed the boat. They’ve missed the story,” Wuerl said.
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No, the did not miss the story; they are sticking with the story line given them by the Soros Administration. Expecting them to actually report the news is an exercise in naivete.
On a related note, one of the female anchors on CNN today was “reporting” the story of the Vatican’s conflict with the conference of women religious — can’t remember the name. Anyway, she said that the Vatican is not pleased that the nuns are spending too much time with the poor instead of on issues such as same-sex “marriage”. I am not making that up, I swear.
Where in the fine print does it mandate free abortifacient drugs, sterilizations, and contraceptives?
I'm very much enjoying this investigation and re-organization of the "Leadership Conference of Women Religious"who basically think they should all be made bishops. Meanwhile, the CDF at the Vatican doesn't care what anyone in the Western media thinks (in contrast to some other Vatican offices).
To adapt an ancient expression: "The mills of the Vatican turn slow, but they grind exceeding fine." In reality, those old Commie-Lite nuns who "kicked the habit" in the 1960s represent no one, and they will be pastured. They are being replaced by fast-growing orders of young, smiling, orthodox nuns in habits who are beginning to open real Catholic schools.
From a draft letter to my Congressmen:
Of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Nancy Pelosi, then Speaker of the House of Representatives, boasted, “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Its vague provisions may sound innocuous. Consider this newly enacted section of law (42 USC §300gg-13, §2713 of the Public Health Service Act of 1944, Public Law 111-148, title I, § 1001(5), March 23, 2010, 124 Statutes 131), from which I quote paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(4):
(a) A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall, at a minimum provide coverage for and shall not impose any cost sharing requirements for -
(1) evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of “A” or “B” in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force;
(4) with respect to women, such additional preventive care and screenings not described in paragraph (1) as provided for in comprehensive guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration for purposes of this paragraph.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a plan or issuer from providing coverage for services in addition to those recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force or to deny coverage for services that are not recommended by such Task Force.
With the cooperation and likely intent of Congress, President Obama and his Administration used paragraph (a)(4) for sweeping, devastating political ends. The “Health Resources and Services Administration” supports “comprehensive guidelines” that provide for “additional preventive care and screenings” with respect to “women.” Every “group health plan” shall “provide coverage for” these “preventative care and screenings” for “women” without imposing any “cost sharing requirements.” Health Resources and Services Administration effectively outsourced its delegated authority under this provision to Institute of Medicine, which impaneled several medical professionals who authored “Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps (2011) .” Although Institute of Medicine employed distinguished medical professionals to make these determinations, those deliberately selected medical professionals made recommendations in accordance with their political views and in full knowledge of the political ends to which the government would put their judgement. To dismiss their recommendations as purely scientific facts perverts the meaning of science.
Table 2-2 (pp. 34-37) of this Institute of Medicine document lists the extensive services provided to women under paragraph (a)(1). Pages 102-110 discuss “preventing unintended pregnancy and promoting healthy birth spacing,” closing with, “the committee recommends as a preventative service for women: the full range of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for women with reproductive capacity.”
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