Cardinal Mahony Publicly Decries Suicide Bill --- and Fabian Nuñez

California Catholic Daily ^ | 4/4/07

[Antoninus]

"As we look around us, we still see many elements of a culture of death," said Cardinal Roger Mahony. "We have a new danger, an assault on life. It has come again in the form of a bill in the state Assembly."

Monday was the second anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, and Cardinal Mahony, during Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, urged Catholics to oppose a state bill, AB 374, which would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients with only six months to live. Safeguards include a provision that two doctors have to concur on the diagnosis and verify the patient’s ability to make the death choice.

Though euphemistically called, “Compassionate Choices,” the bill “is nothing more than an assisted suicide bill,” said Mahony. The bill has received support from Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, whom the cardinal singled out in his talk. “We should be troubled that Fabian Nuñez --- who has worshipped here in this cathedral, is a Catholic --- somehow has not understood and grasped the culture of life but has allowed himself to get swept into this other direction, the culture of death,” said Mahony.

[Antoninus]

Well, give Mahoney some credit for actually saying something about this abomination. Now, the question is, will he follow up by not allowing this individual to receive Communion, or by public excommunication? Such actions are long overdue.

[Antoninus]

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[Coleus]

Cardinal Mahony decries assisted-suicide bill, Assembly speaker

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mahony & the invisible video, again

What's Up With the Hitler-type Salute/Blessing at Mass? [Blessing of Catachumens]

[trisham]

Bump!

[marshmallow]

I get nervous when I agree with Mahony.

I'm never sure whether he's up to something and simply acting out the part of orthodox prelate for the purpose of building up his orthodox bona fides, so that he'll have more slack for some future outrage, or whether he's really on the level and I've simply misjudged the man.

Either way, it's an uncomfortable feeling.

[ElkGroveDan]

Now, the question is, will he follow up by not allowing this individual to receive Communion

I'd be really surprised to learn that Nunez actually ever goes to Mass. He's a cocky, arrogant leader of the far left in Sacramento.

[Antoninus]

get nervous when I agree with Mahony. I'm never sure whether he's up to something and simply acting out the part of orthodox prelate for the purpose of building up his orthodox bona fides, so that he'll have more slack for some future outrage, or whether he's really on the level and I've simply misjudged the man. Either way, it's an uncomfortable feeling.

I know exactly what you mean. In this case, I think he says this stuff with a wink and a nod to his far-left cronies. The purpose is to go on record with a statement, and then take no action. At this point, he's so debased his office that I wonder if any Catholics in LA take him at all seriously on any subject?

[Antoninus]

I'd be really surprised to learn that Nunez actually ever goes to Mass. He's a cocky, arrogant leader of the far left in Sacramento.

Sounds like "one of many, nothing special" at the Rog Mahal.

[8mmMauser]

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