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Vatican newspaper says Obama sought 'common ground' at Notre Dame
Catholic News Service ^ | May 18, 2008 | John Thavis

Posted on 05/19/2009 6:36:40 PM PDT by Hilda

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I can't tell you how sick this makes me. I expected more of Benedict XVI.
1 posted on 05/19/2009 6:36:41 PM PDT by Hilda
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If Hitler sought common ground on the Jewish issue...”I mean, we all want to see less Jews killed right? I’m sure we can respect each other and debate Jew killing in a civil manner.”


2 posted on 05/19/2009 6:39:39 PM PDT by icwhatudo
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To: Hilda

puke


3 posted on 05/19/2009 6:40:44 PM PDT by trtdenver
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To: Hilda

Third misleading post of this nonsense in 24 hours.


4 posted on 05/19/2009 6:40:45 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Hilda

I tend not to trust things with apostrophes in the first two syllables.


5 posted on 05/19/2009 6:42:30 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the machines will break.)
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To: Hilda
More meaningless rhetoric from Obama. Obama's voting record is where one will find the truth.

And for the one that wrote this article. Please review your copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Obviously remedial education is in order.
6 posted on 05/19/2009 6:42:31 PM PDT by Fred (Proud Member of the Obama Enemies List)
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To: Hilda

The Catholic hierarchy and much of the flock has just caved. Dead babies just don’t get the attention of this religion like it used to. Obama gets a medal the unborn get ignored.


7 posted on 05/19/2009 6:44:22 PM PDT by hatfieldmccoy (Satan has a new name and it is Islam)
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To: Hilda

Common ground? That’s a bunch of BS. How can there be “common ground” with murder?


8 posted on 05/19/2009 6:45:05 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Hilda
Sigh........

Shaking head.

9 posted on 05/19/2009 6:45:48 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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Are you one of those suckers who believes everything they read in a newspaper?


10 posted on 05/19/2009 6:46:00 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Hilda
This reflects a naivete about the American struggle against abortion. The term "Common Ground" has been cynically used by abortionists for maybe twenty years now, even once forming an organization by that name, to derail the focus of pro-lifers and distract them from the issue at hand.

The idea always is to "find the areas we agree on and concentrate on those" as if pro-lifers would be willing to concede the abortion battle if they could be "led" to engage around other issues instead. Sadly, some have.

It is possible the Vatican is sufficiently ill-advised by screwed up American prelates that they do not know they are endorsing a fraudulent gambit.

11 posted on 05/19/2009 6:47:53 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Hilda

It’s a newspaper, not Pope Benedict XVI.

Besides, according to Obama’s ACTUAL stated words, the article is accurate.

Don’t over react. Pope Benedict is a classic pope in that he will try to accomplish things quietly. Only liberals assume he will do fireworks kind of stuff in the glaring light of public scrutiny. Nope. He will work quietly.


12 posted on 05/19/2009 6:48:31 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: Hilda

As far as I can see, this is not in response to the Notre Dame appearance.

Also, I think the effort, misguided as it is, is to encourage Obama to go softly and not push more abortion laws.

Finally, Osservatore Romano regretably does not always speak for the Pope, or even for the Church.

I agree that they couldn’t have picked a worse time to come out with this.


13 posted on 05/19/2009 6:48:36 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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What a joke. Common ground on killing babies. Common ground on letting more illegals flood in for the liberal American Catholic Church’s pals in La Raza and ACORN?

Benedict is a major disappointment and Notre Dame is a disgrace. If you think i hate the Church - I do not not. I defended the church when it was too lazy and inept to remove homosexual pedophle infiltrators who almost destroyed the church and they was their intent.


14 posted on 05/19/2009 6:50:12 PM PDT by Frantzie
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And here is what really is coming from the Vatican!

Archbishop Burke Slams Obama's Appearance at Notre Dame

Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to Catholic University Educators, April 17, 2008

15 posted on 05/19/2009 6:54:49 PM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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It’s a newspaper, not Pope Benedict XVI.

More importantly, there are a bunch of articles out about this. But I looked and have not seen the actual L'Osservatore Romano article for myself.

Curious, that.

16 posted on 05/19/2009 6:55:07 PM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: Hilda

to quote Rush’s phrase, all he did was practice the “low art of political seduction”.

And he’s very good at it.


17 posted on 05/19/2009 6:55:33 PM PDT by bigbob
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Benedict could have resolved the quietly and told Notre Dame where this was headed. The people at Notre Dame should be “re-employed” asking people if they want fries with their Happy Meal.

The Baptists who run ChickFil-A would never hire the pro-abortion Notre Dame vermin.

Benedict is turning into the Dr. Rowan Williams of Rome.


18 posted on 05/19/2009 6:55:45 PM PDT by Frantzie
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You wrote:

“Benedict is a major disappointment and Notre Dame is a disgrace.”

You’re half right. Notre Dame is a disgrace. But to call Benedict a major disappointment only highlights your unrealistic expectations and not any failure on his part. He’s the pope, not God. Notre Dame is in OUR country and is the problem of OUR hierarchy and Church. And OUR hierarchy failed. Only about 75 or so bishops spoke up. That’s nothing!!!

But this isn’t over yet. The Church moves SLOWLY.


19 posted on 05/19/2009 6:57:07 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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70% of the students there were FOR! What could have Benedict done about that? He got the message, and so should we.


20 posted on 05/19/2009 6:57:32 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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