This hypocricy?
Posted on 07/31/2008 2:14:21 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Please, Obama, please pick Kitty Kat Sebellius. . .then lose.
Oh please, How delicious.
Select a Catholic, Obama.
You of the never-met-an-abortion-I-couldn’t-defend-even-if the-baby-survives-and-has-to-be-killed vote.
Please pick a pro abortion Catholic for your ticket and help highlight the hyprocrisy that abounds in your political party.
"The Catholic Church" believes no such thing, regardless of what individual Catholics think. The rest of this article is a load of crap too.
**Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City—Sebelius’s own bishop—saw it differently: He went public with his request that the governor refrain from presenting herself for communion. In a column in his diocesan paper, the archbishop called her behavior “scandalous” before going on to say, “The spiritually lethal message, communicated by our governor, as well as many other high-profile Catholics in public life, has been in effect: ‘The church’s teaching on abortion is optional.’” Sebelius did not offer any public response to the archbishop’s edict.**
Indeed, the Catholic Church has always stood against abortion!
**Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City—Sebelius’s own bishop—saw it differently: He went public with his request that the governor refrain from presenting herself for communion. In a column in his diocesan paper, the archbishop called her behavior “scandalous” before going on to say, “The spiritually lethal message, communicated by our governor, as well as many other high-profile Catholics in public life, has been in effect: ‘The church’s teaching on abortion is optional.’” Sebelius did not offer any public response to the archbishop’s edict.**
Indeed, the Catholic Church has always stood against abortion!
**True right-wingers never advocate an “integrated approach” to anything, let alone the right to life. In the northern half of the state, Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington has established a similarly moderate reputation.**
Likewise, Kaine will not be tha VP choice.
Why would any Catholic back Obamanation?
This hypocricy?
Oops
This hypocrisy?
I hear the "level-headed" skulls make great paving stones...
Each is pro abortion, so no Catholic will vote for them.
Good find.
“Archbishop Naumann is one of a number of conservative prelates who have decided to use the communion rail as a bludgeon in the culture war. (The most famous example came in 2004, when Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis forbade John Kerry from receiving communion within his jurisdiction; another was when Douglas Kmiec, a former Department of Justice official in the Reagan administration, was denied communion for his support of Obama this year.) Naumann has been published in the conservative Catholic journal First Things, a magazine that often mimics White House talking points more faithfully than it follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. And he has participated in the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, an annual event that’s meant to bring Catholics together with (mostly Republican) political leaders. In the event that Obama selects Sebelius, we can expect Naumann to take to the airwaves, and Obama’s campaign could be forced into a high-profile and unwelcome skirmish with a religious figure.”
No bias from the writer here. /sarcasm off
“Naumann has been published in the conservative Catholic journal First Things, a magazine that often mimics White House talking points more faithfully than it follows the teachings of the Catholic Church.
The writer likely writes this either a cafeteria Catholic or a non-Catholic, out of ignorance. The issue of Life takes prominence over other common social or political issues.
“if this were a Christian church”
Jimmy Carter and William Jefferson Clinton were both Baptists. They both were for abortion. They weren’t booted from their churches. I do believe that Baptists are still Christian churches.
The presence of sinners and hypocrites does not determine if a church is Christian. But you are right about the horrendous failings of the hierarchy when it comes to calling out pols who see nothing wrong with legal baby butchery.
Freegards
I agree the Church needs to be vigilant about serving communion and offering the other sacraments (except confession) to those who openly fail to uphold its most sacred unambiguous teaching.
At least we know where Pope Benedict stands on abortion.
I could not say the same for my protestant church I used to attend, which I left when a new lesbian minister arrived.
They excommunicated themselves latae sententiae a long time ago, which you would know if you weren’t so ignorant.
Because in the USA it is largely an urban liberal church.
You may have been correct twenty or so years ago. Thanks to the last couple of Popes, the bishops are more conservative.
All in all, Catholics will give thanks.
(Although, it may be cramping their cafeteria Catholic style right now. LOL!)
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