Posted on 02/03/2007 1:27:31 PM PST by Frank Sheed
AN APPEAL FROM FAITHFUL CATHOLICS TO AMERICA’S BISHOPS PLEASE PROTECT THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST FROM PRO-ABORTION ‘CATHOLIC’ POLITICIANS
As a faithful Catholic, I respectfully make this appeal to the Catholic bishops of the United States:
WHEREAS the Church teaches that abortion is always an intrinsic evil, and;
WHEREAS the Church teaches that the sacred nature of the Eucharist is worthy of every protection, and;
WHEREAS the reception of the Eucharist by those who publicly support abortion gives scandal to the Catholic faithful and offends Christ;
THEREFORE, we humbly implore each of you to take the actions necessary to eliminate the possibility of such scandal in your dioceses by instructing your priests, deacons and extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion to enforce Canon 915 of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law, which reads:
Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or the declaration of a penalty as well as others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to communion.
I join with all Catholics in praying that the Holy Spirit will inspire you to focus on Canon 915, preach on it, teach it and thereby protect the body and blood of Jesus Christ in Holy Eucharist from sacrilege.
A priest writes to Nancy Pelosi:
“If you can kill a baby in the womb, Nancy, why not outside of it?”
Fr. John Malloy, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco, penned this “Open letter to Nancy Pelosi,” which was recently published in the parish bulletin. We reprint it here with Fr. Malloy’s permission.
Nancy, you are fooling yourself and I fear fooling many good Catholics. You are simply not in sync with the Catholic Church. Until you change your non-Catholic positions, you should stop calling yourself Catholic. Your record shows that you support embryonic stem cell research, Planned Parenthood, contraception, family planning funding, allowing minors to have an abortion without parental consent, and are against making it a crime to harm a fetus, etc. etc.
The fact that you favor married priests and women priests certainly would not classify you as conservative, but your answer to the question are you a conservative Catholic was:
“I think so. I was raised in a very strict upbringing in a Catholic home where we respected people, were observant, were practicing Catholics, and that the fundamental belief was that God gave us all a free will, and we were accountable for that, each of us. Each person had that accountability, so it wasn’t for us to make judgments about how people saw their responsibility and that it wasn’t for politicians to make decisions about how people led their personal lives; certainly, to a high moral standards, but when it got into decisions about privacy and all the rest, then that was something that individuals had to answer to God for, and not to politicians.”
That sounds fair and tolerant, but your record belies high moral standards.
The NARAL rates you 100% pro-abortion. Your statement: “To me it isn’t even a question. God has given us a free will. We’re all responsible for our actions. If you don’t want an abortion, you don’t believe in it, [then] don’t have one. But don’t tell somebody else what they can do in terms of honoring their responsibilities. My family is very pro-life. They’re not fanatics and they’re not activists. I think they’d like it if I were not so vocally pro-choice.”
Do we not elect politicians to make laws that help people honor their responsibilities, such as protecting life itself? Can politicians not tell someone else not to kill? If you can kill a baby in the womb, Nancy, why not outside of it? Oh wait, you are in favor of partial birth abortion, so-called because the baby sticks out of the “mother” about halfway, while the “doctor” sucks out the baby's brain. That seems comparable to the choice the Nazis made killing six million Jews.
Yes, Nancy, we (together with your pro-life family) would all like it if you were not so vocally pro-choice, i.e. pro-death. Until your choice is in line with Catholic doctrine, please, Nancy, do not receive the Eucharist when you attend Mass.
Rev. John Malloy, SDB
San Francisco, CA
Thank you NYer.
Signed and sent.
I have attended Mass in that Church and it is really beautiful. I didn't know the Pastor was so faithful to the Magisterium. May God bless him for his comments! He is "spot on."
F
So it was a bit of hyperbole.... ;-o)
I do think Bishop Hubbard has you in his Rolodex, however. He may call just to "chat."
I really feel that with the chaos that ensued following V-II, and with the power given over to the laity as a result of the "war on clericalism" (read, 20 EMOHC on Sundays and a minimum of 20 "ministries" in every Parish), the Bishops now find it necessary to "hold their finger into the wind." This kind of response can only help. Those who honestly have a problem with feedback suggesting a firm stand will ignore the advice anyway.
BTTT
Bumping again. There are way too few views of this thread. I know FR has more Catholics than this.
s/necessry/expedient/
They're perfectly free to tell the ex-nun with the butch haircut to go away.
Thanks. I don't want to do it myself as it smacks of self promotion. It is possible that people hit this thread and then just go to the site to sign the petition. That keeps traffic here "low."
F
Sadly, some require a spine transplant, AB. That is why Archbishop Burke is such a breath of fresh air. No nonsense! And, he is an excellent Canon Law scholar.
Have you seen this, FRiend?
Not to worry, I'll keep doing it. ;-)
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