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Catholic Priest Invites Gang of 18 To Leave Church
Christian News Wire ^ | May 17, 2007 | John Mallon

Posted on 05/17/2007 5:36:39 AM PDT by 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."


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1 posted on 05/17/2007 5:36:40 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy

Amen!


2 posted on 05/17/2007 5:39:41 AM PDT by NewCenturions (By The Great Horn Spoon !)
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To: Alex Murphy
"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."

The truth hurts doesn't it Rep. DeLauro?

3 posted on 05/17/2007 5:42:20 AM PDT by ladtx ("You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks." Will Rogers)
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To: Alex Murphy

Way to go Father!!!!


4 posted on 05/17/2007 5:50:34 AM PDT by Claud
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To: Alex Murphy
"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."

The "American experiment" may end in a spectacular explosion unless the killing stops. Two hundred years is a mere blink of an eye in historical terms and America may be remembered as a light which shone brightly but very briefly, like a meteor that streaks across the night sky.

As Mother Teresa once said: "A country which kills its young has no future."

5 posted on 05/17/2007 6:14:57 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: Alex Murphy

Thanks for starting this thread.

I agree wholly with the good Padre.


6 posted on 05/17/2007 6:59:41 AM PDT by MarkBsnr
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To: Siobhan; Canticle_of_Deborah; NYer; Salvation; sandyeggo; american colleen; Desdemona; ...

Catholic ping! (Fr. Euteneuer gets tough again!)


7 posted on 05/17/2007 7:10:10 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
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To: NewCenturions; All

I’m trying to compile a list of these Representatives. Any help will be appreciated.

House of Representatives
McCarthy
DeLauro
Pelosi
Kennedy, Patrick


8 posted on 05/17/2007 7:10:23 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Alex Murphy

Amen! Preach it, Father!


9 posted on 05/17/2007 7:16:50 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: Pyro7480
Bye, gang of 18. Don’t let the door hit you!
10 posted on 05/17/2007 7:18:10 AM PDT by k omalley (Caro Enim Mea, Vere est Cibus, et Sanguis Meus, Vere est Potus)
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To: Alex Murphy

These Cafeteria Catholics should be booted out the door. Give them directions to their local Episcopalean or Unitarian Churches. They’d be happier there.


11 posted on 05/17/2007 7:20:47 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: Alex Murphy

Yea! Kudos to Father E!


12 posted on 05/17/2007 7:24:13 AM PDT by Jaded ("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
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To: DesScorp

Calling them cafeteria catholics/christians is generous. Heretic or apostate is a more appropriate term. They should leave and Paul wrote in I Corinth 5 that they should be put out of fellowship (excommunicated)but we must also continue to pray for them to repent.


13 posted on 05/17/2007 7:26:38 AM PDT by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)
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To: Alex Murphy
""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."

Worth repeating and why even nonbelievers should oppose abortion on demand.

14 posted on 05/17/2007 7:32:29 AM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: Alex Murphy

A voice of courage in the wilderness. Sounds like his clash with Hannity was just the warm-up act.


15 posted on 05/17/2007 7:32:58 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
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Should have been posted to the News/Activism forum.


16 posted on 05/17/2007 7:36:28 AM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: Alex Murphy

God bless Fr. Ted.

He’s gonna need masses said as well as rosaries.


17 posted on 05/17/2007 7:45:03 AM PDT by AliVeritas (I see the men and women on the battlefield... where are the men and women here?)
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To: marshmallow

Sorry thread, off topic.

Did you see the ad Hillary used of her and Mother Teresa?

I remember Mother T poking Bill in the chest telling him to stop killing babies.


18 posted on 05/17/2007 7:46:20 AM PDT by AliVeritas (I see the men and women on the battlefield... where are the men and women here?)
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To: Pyro7480

Should I email Sean to warn of the smacking around he’ll get if he speaks out of his neck again?


19 posted on 05/17/2007 7:47:31 AM PDT by AliVeritas (I see the men and women on the battlefield... where are the men and women here?)
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To: xsmommy; Gabz; Scotswife; NeoCaveman; Texan5; Guenevere

Preach it Fr. E !!!

Fr. E took on Hannity, now the gang of 18 !!!


20 posted on 05/17/2007 7:52:16 AM PDT by tioga
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