Loyola University Chicago defies cardinal, will award pro-abortionist

1 posted on 09/14/2004 6:04:00 AM PDT by NYer

To: american colleen; sinkspur; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; ...

August 5, 2002

Pro-Choice Leaders, GOP Women
Announce Support for Lisa Madigan
Attorney General Key to Protecting Choice for Illinois Women

(Chicago) Underscoring the importance of the state's top lawyer's role in protecting women's reproductive freedom, leading pro-choice organizations, current and former legislators, and a bi-partisan group of voters announced their support today for State Sen. Lisa Madigan in the campaign for Illinois Attorney General.

"One thing is certain this November - there is only one candidate for Attorney General who will fight to protect women's reproductive rights. Senator Madigan's exceptional pro-choice record lies in stark contrast to Joe Birkett's extreme anti-choice ideology. The choice is clear, and to protect reproductive choice, we must elect Lisa Madigan as Attorney General," said Terry Cosgrove, President and CEO of Personal PAC.

"I am here today because this is one race in which it is critically important that pro-choice Republican women cross over and vote for the Democrat," said former DuPage GOP State Rep. Diana Nelson, one of several Republicans announcing their support for Sen. Madigan. "On this issue, the Republican candidate is too extreme, and if elected, he can do too much harm. We must put the health of women above partisan politics."

Lisa Madigan emphasized her 100% pro-choice voting record in the State Senate, and promised to continue to be a strong supporter of women's reproductive choice. She vowed to aggressively use all the avenues of the office to protect this freedom.

"With an anti-choice Administration in the White House, it is becoming increasingly clear that federal protections could be stripped away and that states will begin to have more of a say on issues relating to personal freedoms like reproductive rights. It is necessary that we have an Attorney General in Illinois who will defend a woman's constitutionally protected right to choose," said Steve Trombley, Vice Chairman of Planned Parenthood Votes Illinois.

The Attorney General can issue opinions on the legality or constitutionality of pending legislation or newly enacted laws. Every year, unconstitutional anti-choice legislation is introduced into the Illinois General Assembly.

"I will use this power to influence the legislative process and protect women from the passage of unconstitutional laws that would restrict a woman's right to choose," said State Sen. Madigan.

As anti-choice legislation from other states makes its way to the U. S. Supreme Court, state attorneys general across the country are filing amicus briefs to advocate pro-choice decisions. Senator Madigan will use the position of Attorney General to be a leading national voice on reproductive rights.

As Attorney General, Madigan said she will protect women and health care providers by investigating and prosecuting anti-choice extremists who use violence and threats to intimidate medical staff and the women seeking health services. Sen. Madigan views the Attorney General as playing a critical role in protecting a woman's privacy, her right to access to reproductive health care services and, ultimately, her right to reproductive choice.

"My leadership on this issue will not waver. I will be an active Attorney General who will defend and protect women's reproductive rights," concluded Madigan.

2 posted on 09/14/2004 6:10:01 AM PDT by NYer (When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)

Do you know if this harpy is supposed to be a Catholic?

3 posted on 09/14/2004 6:21:56 AM PDT by Tantumergo

4 posted on 09/14/2004 6:26:35 AM PDT by Desdemona

So, they have directly disobeyed their local ordinary. Anyone know what the next step is, canon law-wise?

Can he just shut 'em down? Or demand that they no longer identify themselves as "Catholic?"

5 posted on 09/14/2004 6:30:41 AM PDT by B Knotts ("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")

Guess they haven't read this instructive from the Catechism of the Catholic Church!

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2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," "by the very commission of the offense," and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.

6 posted on 09/14/2004 6:31:43 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)

He has to appeal to the Vatican on this one. The Jesuits are, well, the Jesuits and usually the deputes with them are handled at a much higher level. The local ordinary usually loses, too. At least that's the way it happened here.

7 posted on 09/14/2004 6:58:28 AM PDT by Desdemona

To: NYer; Salvation; B Knotts

An update: A reliable source has informed me that Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, contacted the university to implore its administration to cancel the award.

Concerned Catholics who wish to contact Loyola University Chicago School of Law to express their concerns about this latest development can send an e-mail to loyolachicagolaw@luc.edu.
What about attacking this from a supplemental angle, and contacting the archdiocese in hope that perhaps Cdl. George will release a statement? I think this would garner momentum for more than a FReep against Loyola. The Cardinal needs to hear support for what he's asking of Loyola, imo.

8 posted on 09/14/2004 7:00:21 AM PDT by GirlShortstop (« O sublime humility! That the Lord... should humble Himself like this... »)

To: Tantumergo; All

Do you know if this harpy is supposed to be a Catholic?

Still looking into this but ... in the meantime, came across this, also from Matt Abbott.

Pro-abortion, gay rights Atty General Lisa Madigan to be honored by Unitarian-Jesuit Loyola University in Chicago

9/8/2004 8:10:00 PM
By Matt Abbott

On Sept. 1, 2004, Loyola University Chicago had as a guest speaker former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, an avowed pro-abort and homosexual “marriage” proponent.

On Oct. 30, 2004, Loyola University Chicago School of Law will give the ‘St. Robert Bellarmine Award’ to pro-abortion, pro-homosexual “rights” Illinois Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan, an alumna of the school. Madigan once threatened to go after “phony” crisis pregnancy centers in Illinois because they don’t perform abortions.

Meanwhile, a concerned pro-lifer who sent Loyola an e-mail protesting Howard Dean’s appearance there received the following response:

“Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion about what should or should not be permitted to happen at this Catholic university. The Catholic Church's tradition of fostering higher education is based on the metaphysical and theological convictions that one should seek God in all things. The Church's profound affirmation of our God-given gifts of freedom, reason, and responsible inquiry reaches back through the centuries

to the very founding of the great Catholic Universities in Europe and Northern Africa and around the world. That rich heritage of learning

blossomed in the United States with the founding our many Jesuit and other Catholic universities in major cities throughout the nation during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

”That institution that was invented to be the sole and best focus of research and truth-seeking in our civilization is the university. For centuries the university has been the single most enduring bastion of free and open inquiry, of truth-seeking, and of the generation of new, even if at times troubling, knowledge. The university has been called a ‘Temple of Learning’ -- an apt expression which conveys a spiritual, almost religious, reverence for inquiry and the unbridled pursuit of truth and humane understanding. But, again, for the person of Faith trusting in the ultimate unity of Truth that is what it takes to truly seek the hand of God in all creation.

“Consider what John Cardinal Newman said in his book, The Idea of a University, about the reason universities exist and the tolerance that should characterize the academic community of learners:

“This is why, to erect a University is at once so arduous and beneficial an undertaking, namely because it is pledged to admit, without fear, without prejudice, without compromise, all comers if they come in the name of Truth; to adjust views and habits of mind; to give full play to thought and erudition. Thus to draw many things to one is its special function; and it learns to do so by sagacity, wisdom, and forbearance, acting upon a profound insight into the subject-matter of knowledge, and by a vigilant repression of aggression or bigotry in any quarter."

“Loyola University Chicago is Chicago's Jesuit Catholic University. We are a diverse community seeking God in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice and faith. Loyola is blessed with a wonderful community of Jesuit priests in residence who teach courses to our students. We have a large number of younger Jesuits doing their graduate study here on campus. Loyola sponsors a Catholic Speakers series which brings many excellent people to campus each year to address our students and those in the Chicago area who might wish to attend. We offer courses in marriage and Catholicism through our department of Theology. We offer our students, faculty, and staff a variety of opportunities to make retreats and to explore the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. We have Mass on campus in the beautiful Madonna Della Strada church, and we have a Catholic college seminary, St. Joseph's, on campus as well. To learn more about our Mission and Ministry programs you might wish to visit http://www.luc.edu/mission/

“Respectfully yours, Dr. Peter A. Facione, Provost"

In July of 2004 the US Catholic Bishops released 'Catholics in Political Life' the text of which follows. The texts related to the Unitarians at Loyola are in bold:

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Catholics in Political Life, USCCB, 7/7/2003

We speak as bishops, as teachers of the Catholic faith and of the moral law. We have the duty to teach about human life and dignity, marriage and family, war and peace, the needs of the poor and the demands of justice. Today we continue our efforts to teach on a uniquely important matter that has recently been a source of concern for Catholics and others.

It is the teaching of the Catholic Church from the very beginning, founded on her understanding of her Lord’s own witness to the sacredness of human life, that the killing of an unborn child is always intrinsically evil and can never be justified. If those who perform an abortion and those who cooperate willingly in the action are fully aware of the objective evil of what they do, they are guilty of grave sin and thereby separate themselves from God’s grace. This is the constant and received teaching of the Church. It is, as well, the conviction of many other people of good will.

To make such intrinsically evil actions legal is itself wrong. This is the point most recently highlighted in official Catholic teaching. The legal system as such can be said to cooperate in evil when it fails to protect the lives of those who have no protection except the law. In the United States of America, abortion on demand has been made a constitutional right by a decision of the Supreme Court. Failing to protect the lives of innocent and defenseless members of the human race is to sin against justice. Those who formulate law therefore have an obligation in conscience to work toward correcting morally defective laws, lest they be guilty of cooperating in evil and in sinning against the common good.

As our conference has insisted in Faithful Citizenship, Catholics who bring their moral convictions into public life do not threaten democracy or pluralism but enrich them and the nation. The separation of church and state does not require division between belief and public action, between moral principles and political choices, but protects the right of believers and religious groups to practice their faith and act on their values in public life.

Our obligation as bishops at this time is to teach clearly. It is with pastoral solicitude for everyone involved in the political process that we will also counsel Catholic public officials that their acting consistently to support abortion on demand risks making them cooperators in evil in a public manner. We will persist in this duty to counsel, in the hope that the scandal of their cooperating in evil can be resolved by the proper formation of their consciences.

Having received an extensive interim report from the Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians, and looking forward to the full report, we highlight several points from the interim report that suggest some directions for our efforts:

We need to continue to teach clearly and help other Catholic leaders to teach clearly on our unequivocal commitment to the legal protection of human life from the moment of conception until natural death. Our teaching on human life and dignity should be reflected in our parishes and our educational, health care and human service ministries.

We need to do more to persuade all people that human life is precious and human dignity must be defended. This requires more effective dialogue and engagement with all public officials, especially Catholic public officials. We welcome conversation initiated by political leaders themselves.

Catholics need to act in support of these principles and policies in public life. It is the particular vocation of the laity to transform the world. We have to encourage this vocation and do more to bring all believers to this mission. As bishops, we do not endorse or oppose candidates. Rather, we seek to form the consciences of our people so that they can examine the positions of candidates and make choices based on Catholic moral and social teaching.

The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.

We commit ourselves to maintain communication with public officials who make decisions every day that touch issues of human life and dignity.

The Eucharist is the source and summit of Catholic life. Therefore, like every Catholic generation before us, we must be guided by the words of St. Paul, “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord” (1 Cor 11:27). This means that all must examine their consciences as to their worthiness to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord. This examination includes fidelity to the moral teaching of the Church in personal and public life.

The question has been raised as to whether the denial of Holy Communion to some Catholics in political life is necessary because of their public support for abortion on demand. Given the wide range of circumstances involved in arriving at a prudential judgment on a matter of this seriousness, we recognize that such decisions rest with the individual bishop in accord with the established canonical and pastoral principles. Bishops can legitimately make different judgments on the most prudent course of pastoral action. Nevertheless, we all share an unequivocal commitment to protect human life and dignity and to preach the Gospel in difficult times.

The polarizing tendencies of election-year politics can lead to circumstances in which Catholic teaching and sacramental practice can be misused for political ends. Respect for the Holy Eucharist, in particular, demands that it be received worthily and that it be seen as the source for our common mission in the world.

Catholics in Political Life was developed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians in collaboration with Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFMCap, and Bishop Donald W. Wuerl. It was approved for publication by the full body of bishops at their June 2004 General Meeting and has been authorized for publication by the undersigned.

Msgr. William P. Fay

General Secretary, USCCB

9 posted on 09/14/2004 7:09:24 AM PDT by NYer (When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)

The local ordinary seems to have great power when it comes to putting the kibosh on excessive traditionalism (in many dioceses, read: any traditionalism), yet the open support of murder leaves them powerless? It seems rather odd to me. Remind me again who is in schism...SSPX and friends...or the vast majority of Catholic universities?

10 posted on 09/14/2004 7:10:46 AM PDT by B Knotts ("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")

Unitarian-Jesuit Loyola University

LOL...he's got that right.

11 posted on 09/14/2004 7:11:58 AM PDT by B Knotts ("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")

To: Tantumergo; All

Do you know if this harpy is supposed to be a Catholic?

Well, here's the response!

Lisa Madigan getting married in a Catholic church?

Tuesday, April 15, 2003

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that "Lisa Madigan," formerly known as "Lisa Murray" and later as "Lisa Murray Madigan" until she needed to campaign for Democratic votes is going to be married within two weeks.

While I would like to extend my congratulations, I find it troubling that Madigan, who is a vehement and outspoken supporter of abortion on demand without any restrictions whatsoever, sees no contradiction in her opposition to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and her desire to be married in a church ceremony.

In a diocese with stronger leadership, Lisa Madigan would not be permitted to participate in the sacraments. This is another example of the hypocrisy of Democratic politicians who claim to be Catholics.

Leo McGonigal
Bridgeview

12 posted on 09/14/2004 7:12:49 AM PDT by NYer (When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)

To: NYer; Salvation; B Knotts

I just called the Diocese office and the receptionist transferred my call to the Cardinal's communications office. Jim Dwyer's (Comm. Director?) voicemail came on, and after opting out, I finally ended up getting the directory information (a lot of voicemail!). The phone number to Jim Dwyer/Communications Office is 312-751-8204 extension 8233.

If you're inclined, call and offer your PRO-LIFE support for the Cardinal -- get Loyola in line!

13 posted on 09/14/2004 7:13:25 AM PDT by GirlShortstop (« O sublime humility! That the Lord... should humble Himself like this... »)

To: GirlShortstop; All

The Cardinal needs to hear support for what he's asking of Loyola, imo.

Excellent suggestion!

14 posted on 09/14/2004 7:14:44 AM PDT by NYer (When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)

Did she go through the attempt to be married in a Catholic Church?

15 posted on 09/14/2004 7:44:37 AM PDT by Dominick ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)

To: GirlShortstop

Thank you for the information, and your efforts on behalf of the innocent unborn.

16 posted on 09/14/2004 7:48:42 AM PDT by B Knotts ("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")

Dear Sir or Mam,

As a Roman Catholic in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee I am deeply disappointed in the decision by the Loyola Law School to give the St. Robert Bellarmine Award to AG Lisa Madigan. The Catechism of the Catholic Church reads:

2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," "by the very commission of the offense," and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.

To award this presitigious honor on someone who is in formal coopeartion sends the wrong message to faithful Catholics concerning the need to obey Church teaching and also sends the incorrect message about Loyola University and the Society of Jesus. To give her this award would be tatamount to the Jesuits endorsing Abortion, something they do not do, but will indirectly do giving this award to Mrs. Madigan.

God Bless

17 posted on 09/14/2004 7:52:19 AM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)

To: NWU Army ROTC

To award this presitigious honor on someone who is in formal coopeartion sends the wrong message to faithful Catholics concerning the need to obey Church teaching and also sends the incorrect message about Loyola University and the Society of Jesus.

And to do so is putting what thought into the young minds of the students at the University?!

MILLSTONES offense!

Great letter NWU. Pax et bonum.

18 posted on 09/14/2004 7:59:14 AM PDT by GirlShortstop (« O sublime humility! That the Lord... should humble Himself like this... »)

Didn't the Jesuits used to be Catholic?

19 posted on 09/14/2004 8:19:45 AM PDT by rogator

To: Coleus; cpforlife.org; Mr. Silverback; little jeremiah

A bump to your lists.

20 posted on 09/14/2004 8:49:02 AM PDT by NYer (When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)

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