Pope hits out at 'radical secularism'

Manila Bulletin ^ | 1/19/12

[JustSayNoToNannies]

I forget which Church father said this, but the road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops and priests.

Apparently that can't be reliably attributed to any particular source: http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/11/is-road-to-hell-paved-with-skulls-of.html

[ichabod1]

Yeah, The Canterbury Tales are very bawdy. I’ll never forget that description.

[mc5cents]

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has recently formed a committee on protecting religious liberty and hired attorneys and a lobbyist to work on the issue.

They could save a lot of money by telling their congregations to vote for only pro-life candidates which would eliminate about 95% of the democrats that Catholics vote for in alarming numbers it seems.

[Salvation]

First they came for the unborn.

[Salvation]

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Pope hits out at 'radical secularism'
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[Rosie405]

I hope that my priest will read one of these letters that the bishops are sending around to protest the Obama administration’s restrictions on religious freedom and conscience. However, I am not holding my breath. The guy loves Obama, and never mentions anything in his homilies about any of this. The sad truth is that many of the priests I know feel this way. We are fighting a losing battle here I am afraid. Very depressing.

[EBH]

I am Catholic and I think many individual churches that did not read the letter may be on the ‘social justice’ band wagon.

I recently went looking for a new parish and many Catholic church websites clearly state that they have “social justice ministries.”

I suspect if you did not hear the letter...then you check your source.

[EBH]

PS. Perhaps you should drop off a copy to him or contact your Arch Bishop? Take the stand, the opportunity is in front of you.