Posted on 10/04/2004 6:09:55 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
When conscientious pro-life Catholics like the American Life League's Judie Brown were supporting the stance that pro-abortion politicians should be denied Holy Communion, Deal Hudson was more interested in manipulating the Sacrament for his own political purposes. (Editor's note: This article was penned before the eruption of L'Affaire Deal Hudson.)
A Washington Post story noted that Theodore Cardinal McCarrick of D.C. (who heads the bishops’ task force on how to deal with pro-abortion Catholic politicians) "is not comfortable denying Communion to Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) and other Catholic members of Congress who support abortion rights."
The story reports that Judie Brown’s American Life League is beginning "a $500,000 print ad campaign targeting bishops who are reluctant to punish Catholic politicians for taking policy positions that defy the church. The first ad shows Jesus in agony on the cross and asks: ‘Cardinal McCarrick: Are you comfortable now?’"
Brilliant!
The story reports this about the general idea of denying Communion: "‘Once you open this door, what’s going to come rolling through it?’ asked Deal W. Hudson, editor of the magazine Crisis and a key Catholic ally of the Bush administration. ‘Pretty soon, no one would be taking Communion.’"
Domenico Bettinelli, Managing Editor of The Catholic World Report, had a quick response on his Bettnet.com weblog: Describing Hudson’s remark as "weird," Bettinelli asks Hudson, "are you suggesting that everyone is in mortal sin?"
The Post story also reports this: "Hudson said he believes the denial of Communion should begin, and end, with Kerry."
Hudson is not only a counselor to Bush on how to get the Catholic vote, but, as almost everyone knows by now, he wants to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. To get that Ambassadorship, Bush must be re-elected. Hudson is certainly transparent about his political ambitions.
What Hudson is saying to the bishops is: Forget the pro-abortion Catholic Democratic politicians, and forget the pro-abortion Catholic Republican politicians. Just go after Kerry. Well, how wonderfully self-serving!
Kerry is an ignoramus about things Catholic. He actually thinks there was a Pope Pius XXIII. Hudson would never make such a monstrous gaffe. If Kerry and all the subliterate pro-abortion Catholic politicians are manipulating the Sacrament for political gain, then Hudson is doing so too. Hudson is a literate Catholic and considers himself an orthodox Catholic, which makes his manipulation of the Sacrament far worse. Does this man have no shame?
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Domenico Bettinelli, Managing Editor of The Catholic World Report, had a quick response on his Bettnet.com weblog: Describing Hudson’s remark as "weird," Bettinelli asks Hudson, "are you suggesting that everyone is in mortal sin?"
Ping
Judie Brown is absolutely the gutsiest Catholic woman alive today! I love her ad campaign idea. So much, in fact, that I'm going over to the ALL site right now to make a contribution.
I have donated money to many different "pro-life" organizations in th past; but I no longer do. Judie Brown's American Life League is now the only organization I send checks to.
Really? She won't endorse George W. Bush. Instead, she huffs and puffs because he's not pure enough in the life area.
You'll never get me to say a word against Judie Brown. I've known and admired her for thirty years.
Hey, someone who doesn't compromise when it comes to murdering babies! She sounds despicable.
She needs to be taught about "ecumenism" consisting of "dialogue" concerning the "many different paths to Heaven Nirvana."
You sound like Walter the Friendly Heretic:
"Ecumenism is a thing of personal encounter" that enables people to "overcome mistrust…and make friendships," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of both the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. "If you have made friendship, dialogue goes on," and participants come to see they have a "common spirituality."
I think Kasper has made friendships with the devil.
Apparently Kerry is a traditionalist. He recognizes Pope Pius XIII in Idaho.
Have you considered all of them? What about PRI? They've been able to keep Congress from funding U.N. groups that fund abortion etc.
I used to work for PRI and it is a fine organization, but ALL is definately the most effective, at least in the public realm. PRI does a good bit of behind the scenes political work. That's not to say they are not public, just not to the same extent as ALL.
Unknown to most Catholics, these creatures live in the galaxy "Blog", which has a habit of imploding on itself every 15 minutes and producing a new group of "wannabee famous" people.
Like you?
Do you think that may be because he is actually not pure enough in the life area?
He supports abortion in the cases of rape, incest, and "life of the mother".
Are these children less human because of the sins of their parents or conditions into which they are born? Are we to say, "Your father raped your mother, therefore your arms and legs will be torn from your body and your head crushed." Bush is simply playing emotional games to get votes, and in the process justifies the killing of children.
Pointing this out is what you refer to as "huffing and puffing"? Take off your republican blinders and notice that once you begin to kill babies for whatever reason, you have opened pandora's box. Suddenly the issue is not "Is it right to kill babies?" but instead "Under what circumstances can we kill babies?"- the second question automatically concedes a "yes" answer to the first. Answer "no" to the first question, and there is no longer a debate about rape, incest, or some vague "life of the mother" clause.
No, he isn't. Absolutely not.
But if you want to make sure that the only Federal judges appointed for the next four years are judges who are 100% in favor of abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy, free of charge and paid for by your tax dollars, then stay home on election day and watch John Kerry get elected because George Bush isn't "pure enough".
Judie Brown, God bless her, doesn't not understand that politics is the art of the possible. Which would be better, to ban 98.5% of abortions, or, not only to permit 100% of the abortions, but to be forced to pay for them, too -- all because we couldn't ban the last 1.5% right now?Meanwhile, the 98.5% of the kids we might have saved will die because we were going to hold out for an absolutely "pure," absolutely unelectable candidate.
Even the Holy See does not endorse Judie Brown's unrealistic approach, but has said that it is permissible to vote for an imperfectly pro-life candidate to prevent the election of an intolerably pro-death one.
No, he isn't. Absolutely not.
But if you want to make sure that the only Federal judges appointed for the next four years are judges who are 100% in favor of abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy, free of charge and paid for by your tax dollars, then stay home on election day and watch John Kerry get elected because George Bush isn't "pure enough".
Judie Brown, God bless her, doesn't not understand that politics is the art of the possible. Which would be better, to ban 98.5% of abortions, or, not only to permit 100% of the abortions, but to be forced to pay for them, too -- all because we couldn't ban the last 1.5% right now?Meanwhile, the 98.5% of the kids we might have saved will die because we were going to hold out for an absolutely "pure," absolutely unelectable candidate.
Even the Holy See does not endorse Judie Brown's unrealistic approach, but has said that it is permissible to vote for an imperfectly pro-life candidate to prevent the election of an intolerably pro-death one.
Judie Brown's way gets you nothing.
Deal Hudson has already resigned from Crisis in disgrace at his past sins. Why do you have to be so personally vindictive against the man? This seems to be a trait among schismatics -- I see very little of the milk of human kindness thereamong.
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