[RexBeach]

That’s not the pope he knows. Zup, Holiness!

[NYer]

"The Didache, probably the earliest Christian writing apart from the New Testament, explicitly condemns abortion without exceptions. It tells us there is a "way of life" and a "way of death" and abortion is a part of the way of death. This has been the consistent teaching of the Church ever since."

[exile]

I wonder if Commissar Obama started the conversation with

“Wow! It's really nice to finally speak to my emissary on earth.”

[murphE]

Monsignor W. Francis Malooly, the Catholic bishop of Wilmington in Delaware, said he would not ban Joe Biden, the Vice President elect and a Roman Catholic, from taking Communion because of his stand on issues such as stem cell research and abortion. Mr Biden, a Senator from Delaware, lives in the Wilmington diocese. The bishop was quoted as saying that "the Eucharist must not be politicised". He added that the job of a Catholic prelate was not to "alienate people" but rather to "change their hearts and minds".

This is such a load of horse poop. Your job Bishop is to save your own soul and the souls of your flock. Helping one of your flock to commit mortal sin by making a sacrilegious communion is the work of Satan.

[marshmallow]

“Hello.....Barack......everyzink ees goink splendeedly!! Zee Vatican take over off Amerika vill soon be complete. Zat pro-abortion deesguise off yours vas a masterstroke!! Soon.....it all vill be mine........MINE!!!”...... *maniacal cackle* < /sarc>

[sitetest]

Alternative title:

“The Anti-Christ has First Telephone Conversation with the Vicar of Christ.”

[mlocher]

The bishop was quoted as saying that "the Eucharist must not be politicised". He added that the job of a Catholic prelate was not to "alienate people" but rather to "change their hearts and minds". A number of Catholics in the senior ranks of the US Democratic Party take a liberal pro-choice stand on abortion, including Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, and John Kerry,

Sometimes you need a strong dose of the Law to make the heart recognize the strong message of the Gospel. Why are Pelosi and Kerry still allowed as members of the Catholic Church?

[knarf]

Zero will “in your face” ‘remind’ the Pope that he is conclaving with Muslims and with smooth disgust for catholisism and the Pope ... tell him to pound sand.

[Old Phone Man]

As far as I’m concerned, Democratic politicians who wave the fact that they are Catholic yet go out and support issuses that are against the teachings of Christianity are nothing but wolves in sheeps clothing..
I firmley believe that if a person(no matter what faith thay are) petitions the Holy Spirit they will be answered......They will be enlightened...It doesn’t matter how many degrees they possess or how high their IQ is either....My life was in shambles 15 years ago however I got on my knees and with my whole heart begged the Holy Ghost to help me( as a Catholic growing up thats how I prayed to him too..The Holy Ghost)..I told him that I wanted to believe and to please straighten my life out....Something wonderful happened then, slowly I started to intuitivly know what was right and what was wrong through the help of the Spirit!
I was enlightened!
Beware of people in politics who go against their core beliefs (I see many of these people in politics who make an abomination out of my Catholic Church.....)Thank God the Holy Spirit gave me true insight to see through the bums!!

[weegee]

“Why am I calling you again? I believe that all of the world’s religions offer salvation in the afterlife, if there is one, and that Jesus was a historical figure, and that sin is what goes against my beliefs. Oh yeah, and I blocked legislation that would have ended the practice of putting aborted babies that lived into a closet to die unattended in periods that could last up to hours.” -BO

[TaxRelief]

ping

[magisterium]

Bishop Malooly is right and wrong at the same time. Sure, the Eucharist should not be "politicized." But it also shouldn't be "sacrilegiously profaned," nor should the inherently and notoriously unworthy recipient be allowed to further imperil his own immortal soul by continuing to receive Communion without sacramenatl confession (and, in the case of Biden, the lifting of the latae sententiae excommunication under which he now lives), nor should a public figure like Biden be allowed to receive Communion under his present circumstances due to the inevitable scandal to the faithful.

Do any of these things matter to the good bishop and his fellow bishops?

Burying their heads in the sand, hoping this will go away, is not going to solve anything. Meanwhile, their inaction contributes to the draining away of the faithful due to the stench of "hypocrisy" over this and similar issues. It's not "rocket science" to do the math of the state of grace. These guys need to sit down and figure out just what it means to "shepherd" a flock. The historical actions and life stories of just about any bishop of the first four centuries of the Church ought to be a good place to start reading, if they wish to get a clue.

Oy!

[freedomlover]

O no doubt demanded that the Pope kiss his ring.

[Don Corleone]

The “Anti-Christ” and The “Vicar of Christ” Who will prevail?

[Gerish]

Seems that Bishop Malooly has forgotten about being a Bishop which does not mean siding with any human being not acting in a Catholic way. Being a Bishop means standing unhesitantly to his oath to Our Lord Jesus Christ to defend the Catholic Faith and save the souls of the faithful.

[Eye of Unk]

Press one to hold

Press two to wait for Jesus

Press three to talk to Satan

[ArrogantBustard]

All y'all bitchin' about how Bp. Malooly hasn't done anything about Lyin' Biden ... I have news for you:

Bishop Malooly doesn't read FR. Neither do his flunkies.

His flunkies do, however, read his mail. They may even pass some of it on to him.

So don't just sit around on FR moaning ... clean it up, write it up on paper, and send it to the Bishop. Even if you're not Catholic ... I'm sure he's all into "ecumenism" ... he wants to hear from you, too.

[Aquinasfan]

The bishop was quoted as saying that "the Eucharist must not be politicised".

Certainly not. But the bishop is obliged to deny Communion to a person who has sinned grievously and publicly, such as a politician who votes in favors of legalized abortion. Not to put too fine a point on it, but such a person is an accessory to murder.

[Alex Murphy]

It has emerged that US President-elect Barack Obama held his first telephone conversation with Pope Benedict XVI yesterday

Ping to read later. I can guess who initiated the call.