Catholic ‘complacency’ shares blame for country’s failures, Archbishop Chaput says

CatholicNewsAgency ^ | Detroit, Mich., Mar 21, 2009

[Kolokotronis]

Thanks for posting this, G. Every so often, when I begin to believe that it might be a good thing if the Latin Church were to reunite with Orthodoxy and that I might live to see it, I read an article like this one with the inevitable “EXCOMMUNICATE THEM” responses, an article which says so much about Latin theology and ecclesiology, and am reminded why the Orthodox laity, monastics, most hierarchs and the lower clergy want little or nothing to do with formal reunion.

[Venturer]

I believe most of those have gone.

[GonzoII]

"Thanks for posting this, G."

My pleasure.....I think.. ;0)

[Desdemona]

You know the good bishops by the priests their seminaries produce. If Denver has a good crop, send Chaput to the next metropolitan open. He gets to the heart of the matter quite well.

[silverleaf]

Excellent

Sad but excellent

[Tribune7]

bump

[Ann Archy]

Bad things happen when good people do nothing.

Our nation is so far gone with abortion and gay rights, will God lift His hand of Grace away from America???? I think He is....

[gitmogrunt]

What was the percentage of Catholics who voted for OBama? I beleive the percentage was significantly high.

Therein lies a portion of the problem.

Please note: This is not intended to bash Catholics in anyway.

[Ransomed]

“We do know that those oppose the teachings of the church publicly have excommunicated themselves from the church already.”

Catholics on FR know. But the vast majority of US Catholics don’t know. Why would they? That’s the problem.

Freegards

[tioga]

in due time.....this is a new era for Catholics, with our new Pope...now is the time for correction and, hopefully, repentance for those souls....most likely you can expect teddy to die before they get to him...do not be fooled by the northeast liberal priests when they give him a church mass and burial.....it is still the Lord himself who judges, despite us here on earth. start praying for their souls, they need your prayers now more than ever.

[tioga]

I was at a Bible study in a neighboring diocese. I had noticed this couple as they left on other occasions - they had a bumper sticker on their car that said “Obama in ‘08” on it. He (a retired teacher) spoke up with some question...I forget what as I focused on his prelude...which clearly stated that Rush Limbaugh was a “hate-monger”. I visibly flinched I am sure of that. I suddenly felt totally isolated there, in the basement of my Catholic church.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

I think most Catholics, at least those in my city, Pittsburgh, are sons and daughters of folks who grew up thinking that “Democrats are for the poor people, Republicans are for the rich people.”

There used to be a Monsignor Rice who exemplified this kind of thinking. He even praised Clinton. He wrote a weekly column in “The Pittsburgh Catholic,” often praising Dems and slamming Repubs.

The Church has never addressed how Democrats are anti-life, yes, even anti-poor.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Who in Chaput’s Archdiocese are you alluding to?

[OpusatFR]

Something is happening. Our sermon this morning was a no-holds barred, knock-down politically incorrect, come to Jesus moment about our Catholic politicians and laity who back everything evil in the form of immorality and especially abortion, infanticide, and the destruction of embryonic humans for experiements.

[OpusatFR]

“I think most Catholics, at least those in my city, Pittsburgh, are sons and daughters of folks who grew up thinking that “Democrats are for the poor people, Republicans are for the rich people.”

True. Where I grew up, up Northeast, Catholics were not allowed to join the country clubs or other organizations that were run by Protestants who by and large were Republican. That was a long time ago and the attitude that the democrats are for the poor and helpless has to be overturned.

The democrats are for themselves, for power, and for greed. The days of “No Catholics, Jews, or Blacks” is over.

[Alex Murphy]

They should start with the pedo priests.

Archbishop Chaput eventually stopped employing Fr. Bob Whipkey, the internationally famous naked jogging priest. Note that I said "eventually".

[Mrs. Don-o]

Go ahead. Send him a list of people in his diocese who need to be excommunicated. You could post it here, too, so othr FReepers (including myself) can join in the campaign.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Re Pelosi, contact:

Archbishop George Niederauer
Archdiocese of San Francisco
One Peter Yorke Way
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 614-5500

Re Kennedy, contact:

Sean Cardinal O'Malley
Archbishop of Boston
66 Brooks Drive
Braintree, MA 02184
Telephone: 617-254-0100

Go on ahead. Tell these bishops their duty. Post your letter and I'll copy, sign, and send them, too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Man your battle stations: Here's were you can go to fightt his thing. OBAMA WILL NOT SPEAK AT NOTRE DAME if we do our jobs.

To protest (and surely, to prevent) this travesty, go HERE.

. We're already on the march. Our excellent ally, the Cardinal Newman Society, has already launched a well-organized campaign to stop this rubbish from ever happening. HERE ARE YOUR MARCHING ORDERS. Get on task, my friends.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"On the part of the heirarchy." It would be more just and accurate to say "on the part of part of the heirarchy."

Yes, a sickening, stomach-churning scandal: too many, way too many bishops gave the predatory pervs a couple months at the Therapy Spa, and then a pat on the head and a hush-up reassignment; but it wasn't all the bishops. All the Apostles weren't Judas.

Striving to be accurate even when angry.