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Posted on 01/21/2019 12:19:47 PM PST by jazusamo
Full title: Head of the Knights of Columbus Calls Democratic Senators' Scrutiny of Catholic Teaching 'A Problem to All People of Faith'
Washington, D.C. - Carl Anderson, the head of the Knights of Columbus, spoke with Townhall Friday during the March for Life about the scrutiny that judicial nominee Brian C. Buescher faced over his membership in the Catholic charitable organization.
In written questions submitted in December, Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) expressed concern over the group’s support of defining marriage as being between a man and a woman and the group's opposition to abortion. These positions are both official teachings of the Catholic church.
Anderson told Townhall that he was “greatly surprised” by the senators’ scrutiny and referenced similar criticism that a Democrat, and member of the Knights of Columbus, former president John F. Kennedy had faced decades ago.
“We thought that Sen. John Kennedy when he ran for president back in 1960 kind of put that issue behind us,” he said, “so I don’t think we want to go backward, we want to go forward and their questions really are unfortunate.”
Anderson highlighted the charitable focus of his group, citing the 187 million dollars they gave to charity last year and the 85 million hours of volunteer service.
“They really don’t understand us,” he said of Hirono and Harris, “but what’s the problem to me and it should be a problem to all people of faith is we’re just being faithful to the teaching of our church and we thought this was a country where you could do that without government looking over your shoulder.”
He added that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) had made similarly concerning remarks two years ago during the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, telling her “the dogma lives loudly within you and that’s of concern.”
“This is why people of faith should be thinking about this and be very concerned about it,” he emphasized, “do we want people coming out of mass on Sunday or another house of worship on Sunday thinking is some government official going to think the dogma lives too loudly in me?”
“No, I think it’s exactly the opposite,” he continued, “we want people of faith to take their faith seriously and it’s no business of government. You want to go into the free marketplace of ideas, that’s what this country’s about, let’s go at it, let’s have a free debate but to say oh wait a minute that idea’s no good because that’s linked to your religion? That’s a bad idea.”
Asked about the scrutiny that Second Lady Karen Pence faced for teaching art at a Christian school that requires their students and teachers to adhere to a Biblical understanding of marriage, Anderson talked about the current of animosity towards such ideas.
“I think there’s a secular presumption among many atheists and I think it finds a political expression in some corners of American society that religious belief, particularly Judeo Christian principles, run contrary to human freedom and therefore should be rejected,” he said. “I think that’s a very dangerous proposition and you can say whether you think that the teaching of a particular religion makes sense to you or doesn’t but that community should have the right in their schools and in their churches, their houses of worship to say what they believe.”
Anderson praised the unanimous consent resolution that Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) introduced and the Senate approved Wednesday.
Sasse described the resolution as reaffirming “our oath of office to a Constitution that rejects religious bigotry" and honoring a Constitution that "explicitly rejects religious tests for federal office."
Anderson said he was “very happy” with the resolution.
“There’s one thing I would point out,” he added, “under the procedure he used in the Senate, any senator could have simply said I don’t give consent to unanimous consent and he could’ve blocked it or she could’ve blocked it.”
“Basically as a matter of Senatorial courtesy both the Democratic cloakroom and the Republican cloakroom are notified,” he pointed out, “so that means that nobody in the Senate wanted to stand up and object to Sen. Sasse’s resolution on religious freedom and the constitutional prohibition of a religious test as exemplified in this example so I think it’s pretty important.”
On the Senate floor Friday, Sen. Hirono claimed Sasse’s resolution, which she did not object to at the time of its approval, was part of the “alt-right’s position.”
“If my colleague, the junior Senator from Nebraska, wants to embrace the alt-right’s position by offering this resolution, that is his business,” Hirono said. “Rather than passing a resolution to address a problem that doesn’t exist, we should focus on something real, like ending this totally unnecessary, unjustified shutdown.”
A Marist poll, released Wednesday, found that the vast majority of Americans don’t think religion should be a factor in appointment to federal government jobs.
“By a margin of more than eight to one (85 percent to 11 percent), Americans say that faith should not be a factor in deciding a person's appointment to a position in the federal government,” the poll found. “This includes about three quarters of Republicans (74 percent), and about nine in 10 Democrats (90 percent) and independents (89 percent).”
The survey of 1,066 adults was conducted January 8 through January 10, 2019 by The Marist Poll, sponsored and funded in partnership with The Knights of Columbus.
Perhaps if Crazy Mazie read and abided by The Constitution of the United States of America there wouldn't be a need to pass this type resolution.
Mazie Hirono, Kamala Harris and their ilk are the problem.
Communists hate anything that challenges the authority of the state. Any religion other than state authorized is to be discouraged and stamped out.
They would prefer to use a jack-boot on your neck to do it. But we aren’t quite there, yet.
EVERYONE needs to begin standing up FIRMLY to these people who are bent on removing the right to freedom of religion and the free EXERCISE thereof.
No doubt the Dems will get right on examining islamic doctrines that contravene our laws, the constitution and basic human rights.
With people like Maize and Kamala in Congress, we are getting pretty darn close.
Sooner or later some muslim will come before them. But we already know how that would go.
Power-hungry Democrats stay in power by continually fighting to approve tyrant judges that steal 10th Amendment-protected state powers, such judges then abusing those powers by effectively legalizing sin from the bench to win votes for Democrats.
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I do not thinkit's the 'scrutiny' that is the problem; but the TEACHING itself.
Ambrose: …constantly pray ‘Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast its KEYS.
Anselm: It suffices, O Lady, that thou willest it, and our SALVATION is certain.
Antoninus: …souls protected by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are NECESSARILY JUSTIFIED AND SAVED.
Athanasius: …And, thou, O Lady, wast filled with grace, that thou mightiest be the way of our SALVATION and the means of ascent to the heavenly Kingdom.
Bonaventure: …the gates of heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary. Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God, for the knowledge of THEE is the high road to everlasting life, and the publication of thy virtues is the way of ETERNAL SALVATION . Give ear, O ye nations; and all you who desire heaven , serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find ETERNAL LIFE.
She says, "He that shall find Me shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord. "Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, et hauriet salutem a Domino."
Listen," exclaims St. Bonaventure on these words, "listen, all you who desire the kingdom of God: honor the most Blessed Virgin Mary, and you will find life and eternal salvation." "Audite qui ingredi cupitis regnum Dei: Virginem Mariam honorate, et invenietis vitam et salutem perpetuam."-psalt. B.V.ps.48.
Ephem: …devotion to the divine Mother…is the unlocking of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Fulgetius: …by Mary God descended from Heaven into the world, that by HER man might ascend from earth to Heaven.
Guerric: …he who serves Mary and for whom she intercedes, is as CERTAIN of heaven as if he were already there…and those who DO NOT serve Mary will NOT BE SAVED.
Richard of Laurence: Mary, in fine, is the mistress of heaven; for there she commands as she wills, and ADMITS whom she wills.
“The Catholic Church has always and with justice put all her hope and trust in the Mother of God.”
(Leo XIII: Encyclical, Supreme Apostolatus, September 1, 1883.) — [p. 32, no. 104]
“... Yet our manner of praying to the Blessed Virgin has something in common with our worship of God so that the Church even addressed to her the words with which we pray to God: ‘Have mercy on sinners.’”
"Only She Can Help You"
by Father Nicholas Gruner, S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.)
In this letter introducing The Fatima Crusader Issue 38, Father Gruner discusses the growing lies and deception about Russia's errors and the consecration of that nation. He also reminds us that, while it is urgent that we be informed about and fight for Our Lady's cause, we must ask for Her help and intercession.
Mary Leads Her Servants to Heaven
by St. Alphonsus de Liguori
In this article taken from The Glories of Mary, Saint Alphonsus explains that there are countless souls in Heaven who are there now only because Mary, by Her powerful intercession, led them there. If a soul persists in true devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, She will certainly lead that soul to Heaven.
The Rosary
by Father Stefano Manelli, S.T.D.
It is greatly important that Our Lady insisted on the Rosary. When at Fatima She spoke of the salvation of sinners, of the ruin of souls in hell, of wars and peace, and of the future of our age. Our Lady indicated and recommended the Rosary as the prayer that saves, that brings peace, that preserves the faith.
Hail Mary, Full of Grace
by Father Stefano Manelli, S.T.D.
It is truly a treasure to have a strong devotion to Our Lady, for it is She who unites us to Jesus and brings us to Heaven, as this article explains.
Mary, Our Life, Our Sweetness, Our Hope
by St. Alphonsus de Liguori
St. Alphonsus de Liguori explains how Mary is our life, how She is our sweetness, and how She is our hope.
The historical record of the worship of Mary accumulated by St. Alphonsus de Liguori who wrote “The Glories of Mary” in the year 1745, which has been since translated into English and printed again and again and again with the full affirmation and imprimatur of the official Roman Catholic Church. In this book there is the sum of all the glories of Mary which has been vouchsafe to the Roman Catholic Church and the Church itself calls upon all its constituents to give Mary that honor she is due. She is identified as Mary, our Queen; Mary, our mother; Mary, our life; Mary, our sweetness; Mary, our hope; Mary, our help; Mary, our Mediatress; Mary, our advocate; Mary, our guardian; and Mary, our salvation. It is said that Mary delivers us from hell, Mary delivers us from purgatory, and Mary leads us to heaven. And it should be said that de Liguori, who collected all the Marion dogma and devotion, was himself one of the most celebrated and revered authorities in the Roman Catholic Church. De Liguori was himself a cardinal in life, and a saint in death.
Jesus said "Without Me you can do nothing". In this crisis which looms ahead of us, Our Lady has told us that we need Her help, Her intercession. We must ask for Her help with the Rosary and the Scapular.
At Fatima, Our Lady told us very plainly that "Only I can help you". Today more than ever is this so true.
Pray the Rosary and sacrifice yourself for Our Lady.
I urge you to also make some sacrifices as Our Lady of Fatima asked us. For those who are able, do some fasting. If you can, abstain from meat by eating meat only during one meal a day. Try to do this for two days, even ten days or 30 days. Of course we should abstain totally from meat every Friday.
Jesus and Mary — Our Hope
It is so urgent that we reach as many souls as possible before it is too late. Let us be of good cheer and remember the words of Jesus to each of us, "It's never too late to have recourse to Jesus and Mary." That is why it is so important to reach the many millions of souls who do not know this, and who do not know the grave dangers lying in wait for their souls.
No, we must never lose hope. Mary is our hope. She can obtain for us what we cannot by ourselves. Read what St. Alphonsus has to say regarding confidence in Our Lady's intercession in "Mary Leads Her Servants to Heaven". Father Manelli also reminds us of the importance of devotion to Our Lady. (See "Hail Mary, Full of Grace"). Our Blessed Mother tells us to turn to Her in confidence. She tells us repeatedly to ask Her intercession through the frequent fervent praying of the Rosary. (See "The Rosary"). She tells us we must pray the Rosary every day. She wants us to pray it many times a day.
http://fatima.org/crusader/cr38/cr38pg2.asp
"Blessed is he whose interior offers the Blessed Virgin Mary a place of repose." Devotion towards the Blessed Virgin remains in all who are the inheritance of Our Lord; that is to say, in all who will praise Him eternally in Heaven.
O, how many blessed souls are now in Heaven who would never have been there had not Mary, by Her powerful intercession, led them thither. I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth. Cardinal Hugo, in his commentary on the above text of Ecclesiasticus, says in the name of Mary, "I have caused as many saints in Heaven through Her intercession, who would never have been there but through Her ."
...in the words of St. Ambrose, "Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since Thou hast its keys." "Aperi nobis, O Virgo coelum, cujus claves habes." Nay more, the Church says, that "Thou art its gate."
St. Antoninus tells us "that this divine Mother has already, by Her assistance and prayers, obtained Heaven for us, provided we put no obstacle in the way."23
Hence, says Abbot Guerric, "he who serves Mary, and for whom She intercedes, is as certain of Heaven as if he was already there."24
St. John Damascene also says, "that to serve Mary and be Her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and live under Her commands is more than to govern."25
On the other hand, he adds, "that those who do not serve Mary will not be saved; for those who are deprived of the help of this great Mother are also deprived of that of Her Son and of the whole court of heaven."26
23. "Coeleste nobis regnum, suo interventu auxiliis, et precibus, impetravit."—Paciucch. Sup. Salve Reg. exc. I.
24. "Qui Virgini famulatur, ita securus est de paradiso, ac si esset in paradiso."
25. "Summus honor, servire Mariæ, et de ejus esse familia; etenim ei servire, regnare est; et ejus agi frænis, summa libertas."
26. "Gens quæ non servierit illi, peribit; gentes destitutæ tantæ Matris auxilio, destituuntur auxilio Filii et totius curi’‘ coelestis."— De Laud. B. M. I. 4.
Cardinal Hugo http://fatima.org/crusader/cr38/cr38pg3.asp
We Prots absolutely agree with the Catholics on this!
Hirono did what lefties do all the time. When confronted with the error of their agenda, they deflect the conversation to another subject.
Exactly...She’s not only dumber than dirt, she didn’t have the guts to object during the voice vote to defend her ignorance.
There is no doubt we are edging closer and closer.
So the homosexuals in the DNC Big Tent like pedifiles but still have that age old problem with GOD.
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