Bishop Tobin Publicly Calls Rep. Kennedy to ‘Conversion and Repentance’

Catholic World News ^ | 11/10/09

[marshmallow]

I sometimes wonder what sort of a felony or atrocity the Kennedys would need to commit before the nitwits in Rhode Island and Massachusetts finally quit sending them to Washington. Killing unborn children obviously isn't an issue and neither is leaving young women to drown. The good voters of New England never seemed to bother much about either of these issues. Is there any intelligent life in the north east?

The younger Kennedy is an embarrassment even to the Kennedys and that's saying something. Aside from being a dim bulb, he never seems to know when to shut his yap. The bishop's words won't make the slightest impression on his dense cranium but they will cheer faithful Catholics and may possibly enlighten some of the confused hoi polloi.

[DuncanWaring]

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[Westbrook]

> Is there any intelligent life in the north east?

There is, but sadly it is in the minority.

[narses]

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[SumProVita]

When people like Kennedy defy Church teachings while still claiming to be “Catholic,” this type of public response is necessary on the part of more bishops. Kudos to this Bishop!

[trisham]

I live in Massachusetts. Is there anything you’d like to say to me?

[Happyinmygarden]

Well, well, well. I wonder how big the check will be from the Kennedy family to shut this guy up? Or which archbishop, or member of the mafia, will be nominated to make a discreet call to the good father.

If only ALL Catholic clerics were this clear and concise on this issue (instead of the 20 pages of vague blather they usually issue) and applied it to ALL the phony Catholics in Congress, THEN we would be getting somewhere.

Good work padre.

[marshmallow]

I live in Massachusetts. Is there anything you’d like to say to me?

Yes.

My sincerest condolences.

[trisham]

How gracious of you.

[marshmallow]

Sorry.

I meant to say "Bravo Massachussets!!" for inflicting the Kennedys upon us.

My bad.

[trisham]

Thanks. I really appreciate that. Don’t bother to continue this “conversation”. I think I’ve heard enough.

[marshmallow]

Thanks. I really appreciate that. Don’t bother to continue this “conversation”. I think I’ve heard enough.

I'm baffled as to why you appear to be taking my comments about Massachusetts personally.

Does the widespread acclamation and adulation of the Kennedys in Massachusetts tell us nothing about that state? Does Teddy's uninterrupted tenure in the Senate in spite of numerous scandals and his unashamed support for abortion prohibit one from drawing conclusions about a state which supposedly has a significant "Catholic" population?

Do you think that the voting record of Massachusetts and Rhode Island with respect to the Kennedys is something of which those states should be proud?

The Kennedys are who they are but the real villains are the idiots who persistently vote for them and provide them with a national stage. They're in Washington only because your fellow New Englanders think they're doing a great job.

[Alex Murphy]

I live in Massachusetts. Is there anything you’d like to say to me?

Did you ever vote for Kennedy? Any of them?

[trisham]

No.

[trisham]

Remember this?

Is there any intelligent life in the north east?

[marshmallow]

Remember this? Is there any intelligent life in the north east?

Yes.

Was that a little too much hyperbole early in the morning?

Hyperbole aside, it seems like a perfectly reasonable question of an area of the country which is a) heavily Catholic, at least nominally and b) so obstinate in its determination to allow the Kennedys to wreak havoc.

[trisham]

I have nothing further to say to you.

[Mrs. Don-o]

We can take a lesson from the early church. The emperor Valens ruled the eastern half of the Roman Empire in the AD 360s. He was a brutal man at a time of bitter political and religious turmoil, and he sought to destroy the rightful faith in Christ. Saint Basil the Great, then the bishop of Caesarea, confronted him face-to-face about his policies. ‘Never has anyone dared to speak to me with such freedom,’ Valens said. Basil replied, ‘Obviously you have never met a bishop before.’”

Keep in mind, one and all, that Bishop Thomas J. Tobin's great virtue is that he's really a Catholic bishop.

And Rep. Patrick Kennedy's glaring failing is that he's not Catholic enough.

[marshmallow]

I have nothing further to say to you.

Is it actually necessary for me to say that I do realize that not everyone in New England loves the Kennedys, in spite of their overwhelming support there?

Do I have to add a disclaimer so that north-eastern FReepers don't get mad at me?

[marshmallow]

When one sees bishops like Tobin acting in such a manner it raises the obvious question; "where were O'Malley and Law when Teddy was running amok?"

It highlights the inaction of the more high profile prelates in that part of the world.

I doubt if Cardinal Sean is enjoying Tobin's assertiveness.