European Parliament Votes on Report to Condemn Catholic Church

Zenit ^ | 12 March A.D. 2002 | Zenit.org

[father_elijah]

The attacks on the Catholic Church in the European Union are coming fast and furious.

[father_elijah]

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[LarryLied]

It was only a matter of time. The socialists have other plans too. Which is why they've been so desparate to centralize power.

[father_elijah]

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[2banana]

I wonder when they are going to condemn the way Islam treats their women??

[MoscowMike]

Howdy

It is a blessing, any institution repugnant to the socialists perpetuating the lamentable tradition of european totalitarianism is endorsed as a force for good in the world.

Know evil by the enemies it chooses to fight, and therefore know good by its persecution at the hands of the forces of evil.

[Clara Lou]

Someone should print statements by the EU on toilet paper and sell it-- bound to be a money-maker.

[ccmay]

The document, written by Spanish Socialist María Izquierdo Rojo, was approved last October by the Women´s Rights Commission and analyzed subsequently by the Citizens´ Liberties and Rights Commission.

I wonder if this is a hoax. The author's name translates as Red Left Mary. Anyone care enough to find the primary sources?

-ccm

[ELS]

The report also deplores "the interference of the churches and religious communities in the public and political life of the state"

This is such typical nonsensical bureaucratese. Haven't they learned what the state religion of atheism has wrought? At the same time they, the state, are trying to interfere in the life of the churches and religious communities.

[lady lawyer]

The Committee that enforces the UN women's treaty is heading down this same road. That is just one reason why the US should never ratify it. BTW, to the poster who mentioned Islam, the leftists at the UN routinely condemn it.

[EternalHope]

The European chamber´s principle would thus deny the Catholic Church the right to proclaim the moral doctrine it has always preached.

Is this report confirmed? I have seen a few other articles that hint at similar things, but nothing this explicit and direct. If this is true, it should be huge news.

All Christians, not just the Catholic Church, should be mobilizing protests around the world if this report is true.

[grumpster-dumpster]

Hoo Boy! Here we go again!

It's amazing that the Euro's can't see their "Brave New World" for what it is.

[Cleburne]

http://www.politicallinks.co.uk/politics/BIOG/MEP_BIOGS/30421.stm

Aint no hoax. Ms. Lefty Red is a real person. I imagine she had her name changed or something. Must be the water over there...

[father_elijah]

This is not a hoax.

I wish it were a hoax, but Marîa Izquierdo Rojo is an establish member of PSOE (Spanish Socialist Worker Party), and she is a sitting member of the European Parliament. Would that she were a cartoon character, but she is very real -- as real as ebola.

[father_elijah]

meant to type "established" in place of establish....

Marîa Izquierdo Rojo's Bio Sketch in English

[jrherreid]

Wow. I wonder how long until a bill of this sort is introduced here in the US.

[SuziQ]

The European chamber´s principle would thus deny the Catholic Church the right to proclaim the moral doctrine it has always preached.

. Who died and made these fools think they are God? The Catholic Church has always had and always WILL have the right to proclaim moral doctrine because that right comes from GOD not man. Just because the liberal hacks in the EU don't like it, tuffsky sh*tsky!

[madprof98]

Wow. I wonder how long until a bill of this sort is introduced here in the US.

I'll bet it would already have been introduced under a Gore administration--probably proposed by a Senator from NY or CA. And most of the "Catholics" in Congress would have signed on.

[pgkdan]

Seems the EU is positioning itself as the enemy of the Church. They also don't seem to care who knows. Interesting.