[NYer]

[weegee]

"This is not an event that's about ideology," Allred said. "This is about helping kids."

Abortion HURTS kids. 50 million dead in the US since Roe v. Wade.

How many kids will this concert help?

[weegee]

"I have never applied a litmus test, Catholic or otherwise, concerning the politics or religious beliefs of any of the generous performers who have come to St. Louis to help this worthy cause, nor do I intend to ... ," Costas wrote.

Don Imus is known for his camp for kids. If Don Imus had been a scheduled guest, would HE have been too controversial to appear these days?

[Nihil Obstat]

Burke said it was a "scandal" to let Crow sing at the event and amounted to an act that could lead others to evil. He cited Crow's support for stem cell research and "procured abortion."

Crow appeared in television ads throughout Missouri last year asking voters to approve an initiative that enshrined the right to conduct stem-cell research in the state constitution.

that's FETAL stem cell research!!, you moron AP reporter with your half-truths. The Church isn't against stem cell research, but takes exception to FETAL stem cell research.

[marshmallow]

He walks the walk.

[Aquinasfan]

Burke submitted his resignation as chairman of the board for the Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation, saying the decision to let Crow sing on Saturday left him no other choice.

We need more bishops like him.

[mockingbyrd]

I love this bishop!!!!!

[Volunteer]

Thank you for this Archbishop. Right is right. He understands that and lives it.

[vox_freedom]

Prayers and support for Archbishop Burke.
A man of courage and convictions and most importantly a good shepherd!!!

[magisterium]

I applaud Archbishop Burke’s decision as far as it goes. However, there is a question: Is the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation officially affiliated with the archdiocese?

I would suspect that it is, since the Archbishop was on the board. If so, then it would have been even better had Archbishop Burke simply refused to allow the event to take place under the Foundation’s auspices. He *is* the archbishop, after all. Sure, it would probably create a huge inconvenience and all that, but think of the “teaching moment” he would have!

If the Foundation is not officially affiliated with the archdiocese, or was at one time but the connections have since been severed, then this event is prime evidence for why “Catholic-sounding names” should be removed from purely secular institutions or concerns. The threat of scandal is always there when the Catholic Church “appears” to be connected with institutions that do not share its worldview, and behave accordingly. If the Foundation has no connection to the archdiocese, then Archbishop Burke was entirely right to resign from its board, and has taken the “teaching moment” as far as it can go.

[pgkdan]

"A Catholic institution featuring a performer who promotes moral evil gives the impression that the church is somehow inconsistent in its teaching," Burke said.

Thank God for clear headed amd morally courageous bishops. Lord, send us more!

[Antoninus]

"This is not an event that's about ideology," Allred said. "This is about helping kids [that managed to survive abortion]."

There, fixed it.

If they found out that Cheryl Crowe publicly fought against the homosexual agenda, I'll bet suddenly it would be about ideology.

[NewCenturions]

"Burke said it was a "scandal" to let Crow sing at the event"

Thank you, Archbishop Burke!

[bboop]

Oh, PLEASE ... post geographical details. I cannot remember where Burke resides/ presides. Thanks.

[Coleus]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=archbishopburke

[Sun]

Archbishop Burke walks the walk.

[dsc]

“This is not an event that’s about ideology,”

It is so dishonest when leftists call a stand for good against evil a matter of “ideology.”

Rejecting the slaughter of the innocents is “playing politics,” is it, you moral leper?

Abortion supporters — baby killers — shouldn’t even be received in decent society.