Posted on 01/04/2011 7:14:06 AM PST by marshmallow
AUSTRALIA'S senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, has denounced Catholic politicians who defy church teachings on controversial issues such as same-sex adoption.
Cardinal Pell sharply rebuked MPs who "fly under the Christian or Captain Catholic flag" but "blithely disregard Christian perspectives" when they voted in parliament on moral issues.
Federal MP Teresa Gambaro recently sparked concerns from church leaders in her Brisbane electorate after hinting at supporting gay marriage.
"If a person says, 'look, I'm not a Christian, I've a different set of perspectives', I disagree but I understand," the Archbishop of Sydney told The Sunday Mail.
"If a person says to me, 'look I'm nominally a Christian but it sits lightly with me', I understand that.
"But it's incongruous for somebody to be a Captain Catholic one minute, saying they're as good a Catholic as the Pope, then regularly voting against the established Christian traditions."
Cardinal Pell refused to name the targets of his ire but did not deny NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, a committed Catholic with a degree in theology, was one of them.
Ms Gambaro, the federal Liberal National Party member for Brisbane and a Catholic, recently hinted at support for gay marriage in a speech in Parliament.
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Ping!
I am glad we're seeing more Christian leaders around the world speak up about this issue. It is high time to call out those elected officials who claim to be Christian when it is convenient but support policies that are not.
The name of the communist game for this era is infiltration, peaceful for a time but nevertheless sure and methodical—infiltration.
Churning these infiltraters out, year after year, is your trusty public school, and of course the universities and academia. American parents lend a huge hand to the situation by keeping their kids out of church and worshiping their career first, to the point they are too pooped to parent. Perfect. Some future we have at this rate, while we expect Washington to be our God of restoration. That’s a laugh.
Captain Catholic?? Is that how they refer to the pope down under?
It’s a pun on “Captain America.”
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