For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been and continue to be consistent advocates for comprehensive health care reform to ensure access to life-affirming health care for all, especially the poorest and the most vulnerable. Although the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) did not participate in these cases and took no position on the specific questions presented to the Court, USCCB’s position on health care reform generally and on ACA particularly is a matter of public record....

....Following enactment of ACA, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has not joined in efforts to repeal the law in its entirety, and we do not do so today. The decision of the Supreme Court neither diminishes the moral imperative to ensure decent health care for all, nor eliminates the need to correct the fundamental flaws described above....

As the article states, "the bishops ultimately opposed final passage of ACA for several reasons". The reasons the USCCB opposed the legislation were these:

"ACA allows use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions and for plans that cover such abortions"
"the Act fails to include necessary language to provide essential conscience protection, both within and beyond the abortion context"
"ACA fails to treat immigrant workers and their families fairly.ACA leaves them worse off by not allowing them to purchase health coverage in the new exchanges created under the law, even if they use their own money"

Catholics are socialists. John Roberts is a Catholic. The Supreme Court has 5 Catholics and 3 Jewish people. While Clarence Thomas is also a Catholic, he is an exception because the socialist trend that can be traced to the church is a concept not usually seen among black Catholics. Their reasons for supporting the Democrats are usually different.

"For nearly a century,..."

For nearly six months you have not posted anything and your first post back is a piece excerpting lines critical of the USCCB. Tell me again that you don't have an agenda.

Peace be with you.

As a recent convert, I take exception to you saying Catholics are socialists. I am far from a Socialist, but find my Savior in the Catholic faith more than I did as a follower of Obama’s sister congregation in the UCC. In fact, his being the Synod speaker before his election was my pivoting point in looking for a new Church.

Do the Catholics have their faults: Yes. I was turned off in the brief subsection of “social justice”.

Are the Catholics just as uncomfortable? I dare say yes, judging by how I was met by this question. Under Obama, Catholics have had their Social Justice subverted. Not Government mandated Social Justice, but Charitable Social Justice, is the subject. That seems to me, gets confused.

From the article "For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been and continue to be consistent advocates for comprehensive health care"

For 30 hours the dominate news is the Supreme court and nationalized health care, and on freerepublic, you don't want it discussed?

What bizarre anti-conservative agenda must you have?

Alex — long time no see.

Conservatives are trying to unravel the hold that the democrat party and Catholic church has over the Catholic voter and part of that is analyzing Catholic leadership and teachings.

You may not know that Catholic Christians are a democrat voting block and always have been.

Conservatives are trying to unravel the hold that the democrat party and Catholic church has over the Catholic voter and part of that is analyzing Catholic leadership and teachings.

You may not know that Catholic Christians are a democrat voting block and always have been.

"What bizarre anti-conservative agenda must you have?"

Not nearly so anti or bizarre as some FReeper's anti-Catholic agenda.

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." - John 15:18

Peace be with you

If you want to defend that 100 year record of liberals pushing for nationalized health care then do it, so far your posts are nothing but an attempt to hijack the thread and to stop any of us from learning anything about this.

This can be a start to understanding the almost perfect record for more than a hundred years of Catholics supporting Democrats and their agenda.

In fact, his being the Synod speaker before his election was my pivoting point in looking for a new Church.

Why not one of the churches whose adherents have a culture of supporting the free-market? Protestants fled Europe to escape socialism imposed by the Catholics.

"so far your posts are nothing but an attempt to hijack the thread..."

That is an attempt at mind reading.

My intention is not to hijack the thread, but to prevent the hijacking of the issue for use in another attack on Catholicism and Catholics.

‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ - Matthew 25:45

Peace be with you.

Here's the whole story.

USCCB responds to SCOTUS health care ruling

June 28, 2012 By Deacon Greg Kandra

The bishops released a statement a short time ago:

Today the United States Supreme Court issued a decision upholding as a tax the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires individuals to purchase a health plan—the so-called “individual mandate.”
For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been and continue to be consistent advocates for comprehensive health care reform to ensure access to life-affirming health care for all, especially the poorest and the most vulnerable.Although the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) did not participate in these cases and took no position on the specific questions presented to the Court, USCCB’s position on health care reform generally and on ACA particularly is a matter of public record.The bishops ultimately opposed final passage of ACA for several reasons.
First, ACA allows use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions and for plans that cover such abortions, contradicting longstanding federal policy.The risk we identified in this area has already materialized, particularly in the initial approval by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of “high risk” insurance pools that would have covered abortion.
Second, the Act fails to include necessary language to provide essential conscience protection, both within and beyond the abortion context.We have provided extensive analyses of ACA’s defects with respect to both abortion and conscience.The lack of statutory conscience protections applicable to ACA’s new mandates has been illustrated in dramatic fashion by HHS’s “preventive services” mandate, which forces religious and other employers to cover sterilization and contraception, including abortifacient drugs.
Third, ACA fails to treat immigrant workers and their families fairly.ACA leaves them worse off by not allowing them to purchase health coverage in the new exchanges created under the law, even if they use their own money.This undermines the Act’s stated goal of promoting access to basic life-affirming health care for everyone, especially for those most in need.
Following enactment of ACA, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has not joined in efforts to repeal the law in its entirety, and we do not do so today.The decision of the Supreme Court neither diminishes the moral imperative to ensure decent health care for all, nor eliminates the need to correct the fundamental flaws described above.We therefore continue to urge Congress to pass, and the Administration to sign, legislation to fix those flaws.

Jey praragraph that was omitted because the Bishops say it still has faults and those need to be fixed.

The decision of the Supreme Court neither diminishes the moral imperative to ensure decent health care for all, nor eliminates the need to correct the fundamental flaws described above.We therefore continue to urge Congress to pass, and the Administration to sign, legislation to fix those flaws.

My intention is to learn more about this 100 year effort by the Catholic denomination to nationalize American health care, today is the first I have heard of this.

For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been and continue to be consistent advocates for comprehensive health care reform to ensure access to life-affirming health care for all,
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U.S. Bishops: Socialists/communists for “nearly a century”!

( They are breaking the first Commandment. They worship government and God is merely an afterthought. )

My intention is not to hijack the thread, but to prevent the hijacking of the issue for use in another attack on Catholicism and Catholics.

I get confused about conservatism when some Catholic freepers post against what I took to be conservative views.

Are conservatives against the government taking over health care, or for it?

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The paragraph...

**( They are breaking the first Commandment. They worship government and God is merely an afterthought. )**

Where are you getting this idea? Can you explain this?

The Liturgy of the Word focuses on Jesus Christ. (Other readings are read in addition to a Gospel.)
The Liturgy of the Eucharist focuses completely on Jesus Christ.

Do you have some examples?

Are you really confused? Or are you just saying that?