Catholic Priest Invites Gang of 18 To Leave Church

Christian News Wire ^ | May 17, 2007 | John Mallon

[Alex Murphy]

FRONT ROYAL, Va., May 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today said "Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and seventeen other members of Congress who describe themselves as Catholic not only are ignorant of their faith but also need a civics lesson."

Father Euteneuer was responding to their rebuke of Pope Benedict XVI in a press release from DeLauro's office which stated that the Pope's recent comments that Catholic politicians risk excommunication and should not receive Communion by saying, "Such notions offend the very nature of the American experiment and do a great disservice to the centuries of good work the church has done."

Father Euteneuer said, "It is an embarrassment that a Catholic, much less a member of Congress should make such an absurd statement. Even if this statement were true, the Holy Father answers to a Higher Power than Rep. DeLauro and the Gang of 18."

"The truth is," Father Euteneuer said, "nothing threatens the American experiment more than the legal but unjust killing of human beings by abortion which stands in stark contrast to the very first right enumerated by our Declaration of Independence: The Right to Life. The humanity of the unborn child is no longer even debated. It is a scientific fact. Abortion is murder, and murder is against the law. Like Dred Scott before it, which violated certain citizens' Right to Liberty, Roe v. Wade is bad, dishonest law and will eventually fall."

"Excommunication is a pastoral and medicinal penalty, not a political one. The Pope is well within his free expression of religion guaranteed by the US Constitution—and his pastoral duty—to warn any Catholic when their eternal salvation is jeopardized by their actions" Father Euteneuer said. "This is what the Catholic Church teaches and what Catholics believe. If the Gang of 18 believes otherwise, honesty and integrity requires they find another church that tells them what they want to hear. If they have that much of a problem being Catholic, no one is forcing them to stay. We certainly don't need their hypocrisy."

[xsmommy]

God love the man, that is GREAT! nothing like calling a bunch of idiots, a bunch of idiots!

[tioga]

The May 14 statement was signed by the following Democratic Congressmen:

Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut
Joe Baca of California
Joe Courtney of Connecticut
Anna Eshoo of California
Maurice Hinchey of New York
Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island
James Langevin of Rhode Island
John Larson of Connecticut
Carolyn McCarthy of New York
Betty McCollum of Minnesota
Jim Moran of Virginia
Bill Pascrell of New Jersey
Tim Ryan of Ohio
Linda Sanchez of California
José Serrano of New York
Hilda Solis of California
Mike Thompson of California

Source.

[Salvation]

Thank you for that list.

[tioga]

No problem. You got me curious with your request, I wondered if my Congressman Maurice Hinchey, a democrat and a supposed Roman Catholic had signed it. He had more sense it seems.

[trimom]

What’s that about “speaking truth to power”? I do believe the good Father just gave the ultimate lesson.

[kenth]

Is this the father for whom Hannity brought out the tired and misused “judge not”?

Outstanding rebuke by Father Euteneuer. It’s the truth, if these people refuse to follow the tenets of the Church, then they should leave. It’s utter arrogance that they would publicly denounce the Pope, as if he is supposed to bend to their will.

[klossg]

Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

[trisham]

Bump!

[fortunecookie]

press release from DeLauro's office -snip- "Such notions offend the very nature of the American experiment and do a great disservice to the centuries of good work the church has done."

Experiment? That seems oddly worded to me. We are just peons in a petry dish to them? But, silly me, to many socialist lefties, we are just that.

[Bigg Red]

Way to go, Fr. E! I hope some other American clerics show some spine.

Thanks for the flag.

[baa39]

Below are phone numbers of the 18 Heretics, and their office contact name:
(I got this info from The Catholic League).

Catholic members of the U.S. House of Representative, including Representatives Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Joe Baca (CA-43), Tim Bishop (NY-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Anna Eshoo (CA-14), Maurice Hinchey, (NY-22), Patrick Kennedy (RI-1), James Langevin (RI-2), John Larson (CT-1), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4), Betty McCollum (MN-4), Jim Moran (VA-8), Bill Pascrell (NJ-8), Tim Ryan (OH-17), Linda Sanchez (CA-39), José Serrano (NY -16), Hilda Solis (CA-32), and Mike Thompson (CA-1)

For more information contact:

Adriana Surfas (DeLauro) 202-225-3661

Michael Levin (Joe Baca), 202-225-6161

Will Jenkins (Tim Bishop), 202-225-3826

Brian Farber (Joe Courtney), 202-225-2105

Jeff Miller (Anna Eshoo), 202-225-8104

Jeff Lieberson (Maurice Hinchey) 202-225-1265

Robin Costello (Patrick Kennedy), 401-729-5600

Joy Fox (James Langevin), 401-732-9400 x. 18

Stephanie Valencia (John Larson), 202-225-2265

George Burke (Carolyn McCarthy), 202-225-5516

Bryan Collinsworth (Betty McCollum), 202-225-6631

Austin Durrer (Jim Moran), 202-225-4376

Caley Gray (Bill Pascrell), 973-523-5152

Brad Bauman (Tim Ryan), 202-225-5261

James Dau (Linda Sanchez), 202-225-6676

Philip Schmidt (José Serrano), 202- 225-4361

Sonia Melendez (Hilda Solis), 202-225-4573

Anne Warden (Mike Thompson), 202-225-3311

[baa39]

As usual, sadly, we laypeople are out here asking, where are our bishops?!? Mine is probably too busy right now to come out in defense of the Holy Father, the Annual Archdiocesan Golf Tournament is coming up.

[Alex Murphy]

As usual, sadly, we laypeople are out here asking, where are our bishops?!?

You're right to be concerned. What you therefore should be asking is Where is your Pope?

[Tax-chick]

Good job from Fr. Euteneuer! Honestly, I don’t see what’s so complex here; if you don’t believe the Catholic Faith, you’re not Catholic.

[Eternally-Optimistic]

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
the above link will get to a page which has a “religion” entry which will lead to a list of all by religion and then further by name.
It also has contact info for all members.

[Scotswife]

Ahhhh!
The best part is here...

“If the Gang of 18 believes otherwise, honesty and integrity requires they find another church that tells them what they want to hear. If they have that much of a problem being Catholic, no one is forcing them to stay. We certainly don’t need their hypocrisy.””

what a breath of fresh air!

[tioga]

Fr. E is my NEW favorite priest! He took on Hannity’s hypocrisy as well. And he has taken Pelosi to task before that. About time our priests took on those leaders who would lead us straight to hades.

[tioga]

The Pope has been VERY vocal about this in the past week......LOTS of articles right here on FR about it. He is leading the way.