Posted on 10/30/2008 5:36:59 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother
The money quote:
"According to the principles of Faithful Citizenship, Catholics must support the just care of the poor, the rights of workers, the dignity of people who immigrate to a new nation, the conservation of the environment; we must assess the very complex economic issues, seek to provide affordable health care for people who do not enjoy that security, and foster the more humane treatment of those who are imprisoned, to list only some of the issues that we now face. However, before and prior to all of those vitally important concerns, Faithful Citizenship places the issue of Life itself. All of those other matters are of immense and lasting significance, yet they remain of no consequence for those who are not granted the first right—the right to be born. For this reason, I want to remind all of you, my brothers and sisters, to remember those famous Jeffersonian words borrowed from Locke—and especially remember the order that he gave them."
(Excerpt) Read more at georgiabulletin.org ...
I WAS WRONG.
He names no names, but he is very clear that Life is the paramount issue without which all the stuff that Kmiec and the rest of the Obama supporters have been touting is "of no consequence".
Mea maxima culpa. Western papers please copy.
I'm going to dig up that thread where we were discussing this, and make sure that everybody on it is linked here so that we can make amends for dissing Abp. Gregory.
He's a little late in taking a stand (and he makes a justification for it so he knows he's a little late to the fair), but at least he has come forward and spoken out.
Perhaps the lively exchange of letters between pro-life Catholics and pro-Obama Catholics that has been raging for several weeks in the Bulletin has prompted him to come forward. I believe in diplomatic circles it's called "a full and frank exchange of views," and apparently the Archbishop decided it had gone far enough.
You’re forgiven. Just be more careful in the future. :^)
Well, that’s refreshing! I was wondering how you were doing there with him on this issue, and I’m really glad to see that he came down on the right side of things.
I am glad to see that Archbishop Gregory placed character and principle above race. Your earlier post had my wife running around St Thomas trying to find out more.....
I am glad to see that Archbishop Gregory placed character and principle above race. Your earlier post had my wife running around St Thomas trying to find out more.....
I owe Archbishop Gregory an apology for my hard words.
We know you were praying for him all along. :-)
I am very pleased to find that I was wrong.
Good better late than never. It’s possible that the example of 50 other bishops, and maybe a few words from his flock, made him think again.
It must be said that the bishops have spoken out this election season as they have never done before. Even the best of them have generally grown quiet this close to an election. But they obviously see that this is absolutely critical this time.
Obama probably thinks of him as a traitor - since he's a brother from Chicago he probably assumed the archbishop would support him or at least keep silent. And it can't be very comfortable to make an enemy of somebody like Obama when he's got a 50/50 chance of being in a position to REALLY make you hurt.
Just as one example, the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" could spell the end of Catholic hospitals and Catholic Charities. And then the "Human Rights Commissions" along the lines of the ones in Canada that have been levying hefty fines against priests and ministers that speak out against homosexual 'marriage', etc.
I see a trip to the confessional in my immediate future . . . .
Goodness gracious! Tomorrow, Houston freezes over ... What’s next, Mahoney?
That would make a good Mass intention, wouldn’t it?
Probably venial. But a good excuse for going to confession!
And I do need to get to confession more often . . . but usually there's sort of a boring sameness about it. Rather dull, unexciting sins, repeated despite firm purpose of amendment . . . .
I think it was Archbishop Sheen who said that hearing a nun's confession was like being stoned to death with popcorn . . . . a suburban matron's confession is equally dull.
See this video “Scranton Bishop Releases Video Slamming Groups “Treading on the Name Catholic” with False Voting Doctrine”
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08102907.html
Glad that Archbishop Wilton Gregory has come out to say that life is the most important issue we face.
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